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A highly contagious infectious disease caused by MORBILLIVIRUS, common among children but also seen in the nonimmune of any age, in which the virus enters the respiratory tract via droplet nuclei and multiplies in the epithelial cells, spreading throughout the MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM.

The type species of MORBILLIVIRUS and the cause of the highly infectious human disease MEASLES, which affects mostly children.

A live attenuated virus vaccine of chick embryo origin, used for routine immunization of children and for immunization of adolescents and adults who have not had measles or been immunized with live measles vaccine and have no serum antibodies against measles. Children are usually immunized with measles-mumps-rubella combination vaccine. (From Dorland, 28th ed)

A combined vaccine used to prevent MEASLES; MUMPS; and RUBELLA.

A rare, slowly progressive encephalitis caused by chronic infection with the MEASLES VIRUS. The condition occurs primarily in children and young adults, approximately 2-8 years after the initial infection. A gradual decline in intellectual abilities and behavioral alterations are followed by progressive MYOCLONUS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; SEIZURES; DEMENTIA; autonomic dysfunction; and ATAXIA. DEATH usually occurs 1-3 years after disease onset. Pathologic features include perivascular cuffing, eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions, neurophagia, and fibrous gliosis. It is caused by the SSPE virus, which is a defective variant of MEASLES VIRUS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp767-8)

A genus of the family PARAMYXOVIRIDAE (subfamily PARAMYXOVIRINAE) where the virions of most members have hemagglutinin but not neuraminidase activity. All members produce both cytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusion bodies. MEASLES VIRUS is the type species.

A ubiquitously expressed complement receptor that binds COMPLEMENT C3B and COMPLEMENT C4B and serves as a cofactor for their inactivation. CD46 also interacts with a wide variety of pathogens and mediates immune response.

Organized services to administer immunization procedures in the prevention of various diseases. The programs are made available over a wide range of sites: schools, hospitals, public health agencies, voluntary health agencies, etc. They are administered to an equally wide range of population groups or on various administrative levels: community, municipal, state, national, international.

An acute infectious disease caused by RUBULAVIRUS, spread by direct contact, airborne droplet nuclei, fomites contaminated by infectious saliva, and perhaps urine, and usually seen in children under the age of 15, although adults may also be affected. (From Dorland, 28th ed)

Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS.

Administration of vaccines to stimulate the host's immune response. This includes any preparation intended for active immunological prophylaxis.

Immunoglobulins produced in response to VIRAL ANTIGENS.

An acute infectious disease caused by the RUBELLA VIRUS. The virus enters the respiratory tract via airborne droplet and spreads to the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM.

Vaccines used to prevent infection by MUMPS VIRUS. Best known is the live attenuated virus vaccine of chick embryo origin, used for routine immunization of children and for immunization of adolescents and adults who have not had mumps or been immunized with live mumps vaccine. Children are usually immunized with measles-mumps-rubella combination vaccine.

Specific hemagglutinin subtypes encoded by VIRUSES.

Schedule giving optimum times usually for primary and/or secondary immunization.

A live attenuated virus vaccine of duck embryo or human diploid cell tissue culture origin, used for routine immunization of children and for immunization of nonpregnant adolescent and adult females of childbearing age who are unimmunized and do not have serum antibodies to rubella. Children are usually immunized with measles-mumps-rubella combination vaccine. (Dorland, 28th ed)

Administration of a vaccine to large populations in order to elicit IMMUNITY.

The type species of RUBULAVIRUS that causes an acute infectious disease in humans, affecting mainly children. Transmission occurs by droplet infection.

The type (and only) species of RUBIVIRUS causing acute infection in humans, primarily children and young adults. Humans are the only natural host. A live, attenuated vaccine is available for prophylaxis.

Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their practicability, uniformity, and frequently their rapidity, rather than by complete accuracy.

A CELL LINE derived from the kidney of the African green (vervet) monkey, (CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS) used primarily in virus replication studies and plaque assays.

Notification or reporting by a physician or other health care provider of the occurrence of specified contagious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV infections to designated public health agencies. The United States system of reporting notifiable diseases evolved from the Quarantine Act of 1878, which authorized the US Public Health Service to collect morbidity data on cholera, smallpox, and yellow fever; each state in the US has its own list of notifiable diseases and depends largely on reporting by the individual health care provider. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)

A republic in western Africa, south of SENEGAL and west of GUINEA. Its capital is Bissau.

Proteins, usually glycoproteins, found in the viral envelopes of a variety of viruses. They promote cell membrane fusion and thereby may function in the uptake of the virus by cells.

WHO regional office for the Americas acting as a coordinating agency for the improvement of health conditions in the hemisphere. The four main functions are: control or eradication of communicable diseases, strengthening of national and local health services, education and training, and research.

The general name for NORTH AMERICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; and SOUTH AMERICA unspecified or combined.

A republic in western Africa, north of NIGERIA and west of CHAD. Its capital is Niamey.

Aspects of health and disease related to travel.

A species of MORBILLIVIRUS causing distemper in dogs, wolves, foxes, raccoons, and ferrets. Pinnipeds have also been known to contract Canine distemper virus from contact with domestic dogs.

A species of CERCOPITHECUS containing three subspecies: C. tantalus, C. pygerythrus, and C. sabeus. They are found in the forests and savannah of Africa. The African green monkey (C. pygerythrus) is the natural host of SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS and is used in AIDS research.

Two or more vaccines in a single dosage form.

Termination of all transmission of infection by global extermination of the infectious agent through surveillance and containment (From Porta, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 5th ed).

Proteins conjugated with nucleic acids.

The concept pertaining to the health status of inhabitants of the world.

A class of immunoglobulin bearing mu chains (IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS). IgM can fix COMPLEMENT. The name comes from its high molecular weight and originally being called a macroglobulin.

Transplacental infection of the fetus with rubella usually in the first trimester of pregnancy, as a consequence of maternal infection, resulting in various developmental abnormalities in the newborn infant. They include cardiac and ocular lesions, deafness, microcephaly, mental retardation, and generalized growth retardation. (From Dorland, 27th ed)

The type species of APHTHOVIRUS, causing FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE in cloven-hoofed animals. Several different serotypes exist.

A disease of the horny parts and of the adjacent soft structures of the feet of cattle, swine, and sheep. It is usually caused by Corynebacterium pyogenes or Bacteroides nodosus (see DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS). It is also known as interdigital necrobacillosis. (From Black's Veterinary Dictionary, 18th ed)

Deliberate stimulation of the host's immune response. ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION involves administration of ANTIGENS or IMMUNOLOGIC ADJUVANTS. PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION involves administration of IMMUNE SERA or LYMPHOCYTES or their extracts (e.g., transfer factor, immune RNA) or transplantation of immunocompetent cell producing tissue (thymus or bone marrow).

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A specialized agency of the United Nations designed as a coordinating authority on international health work; its aim is to promote the attainment of the highest possible level of health by all peoples.

Time period from 1801 through 1900 of the common era.

A state in southeastern Australia. Its capital is Sydney. It was discovered by Captain Cook in 1770 and first settled at Botany Bay by marines and convicts in 1788. It was named by Captain Cook who thought its coastline resembled that of South Wales. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p840 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p377)

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Mechanical food dispensing machines.

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Role of schools in the transmission of measles in rural Senegal: implications for measles control in developing countries. (1/1521)

Patterns of measles transmission at school and at home were studied in 1995 in a rural area of Senegal with a high level of vaccination coverage. Among 209 case children with a median age of 8 years, there were no deaths, although the case fatality ratio has previously been 6-7% in this area. Forty percent of the case children had been vaccinated against measles; the proportion of vaccinated children was higher among secondary cases (47%) than among index cases (33%) (prevalence ratio = 1.36, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04-1.76). Vaccinated index cases may have been less infectious than unvaccinated index cases, since they produced fewer clinical cases among exposed children (relative risk = 0.55, 95% CI 0.29-1.04). The secondary attack rate was lower in the schools than in the homes (relative risk = 0.31, 95% CI 0.20-0.49). The school outbreaks were protracted, with 4-5 generations of cases being seen in the two larger schools. Vaccine efficacy was found to be 57% (95% CI -23 to 85) in the schools and 74% (95% CI 62-82) in the residential compounds. Measles infection resulted in a mean of 3.8 days of absenteeism per case, though this did not appear to have an impact on the children's grades. Among the index cases, 56% of children were probably infected by neighbors in the community, and 7% were probably infected at health centers, 13% outside the community, and 24% in one of the three schools which had outbreaks during the epidemic. However, most of the school-related cases occurred at the beginning and therefore contributed to the general propagation of the epidemic. To prevent school outbreaks, it may be necessary to require vaccination prior to school entry and to revaccinate children in individual schools upon detection of cases of measles. Multidose measles vaccination schedules will be necessary to control measles in developing countries. (+info)

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Seroepidemiological evaluation of 1989-91 mass vaccination campaigns against measles, in Italy. (4/1521)

In 1989-91 anti-measles vaccination campaigns were conducted in several Italian regions to vaccinate all children aged between 13 months and 10-12 years without a history of measles or measles vaccination. This study was conducted to evaluate serological status after the mass vaccination campaigns. In 1994, capillary blood samples were collected from randomly selected children, aged 2-14 years, living in 13 local health units. Antibody titres were determined by ELISA. Blood spot samples were analysed for 4114 (75.6%) of 5440 selected children. Among the 835 that reported measles before 1990, 806 (96.5%) were immune and of the 2798 vaccinated, 2665 (95.2%) were immune. The Edmoston-Zagreb (E-Z) strain vaccine was associated with a lower level of immunity than the Schwarz (SW) strain. A history of measles identified almost all immune children. Vaccination with the SW strain conferred persistent immunity (at least 5 years) in 98% of vaccinees. The strategy was able to unite natural and induced immunity. (+info)

Characterization of a new genotype of measles virus detected in China and England. (5/1521)

We report the co-circulation of a new lineage of measles virus (MV) and an Edmonston-like (Ed-like) genotype of MV in China during 1995-7. Sequence analysis of 25 strains was performed on a 282 nucleotides (nt) region of the nucleoprotein (N) gene, a 450-nt region of the haemagglutinin (H) gene and a 152-nt region of the matrix (M) gene by direct sequencing of RT-PCR amplicons obtained from clinical specimens. The entire H gene was sequenced from two strains. The results showed that 24/25 Chinese strains belonged to a new genogroup and were distinct from the vaccine strains used in China and the UK, and also from MV strains previously described in Europe, Africa and the USA. The remaining strain was Ed-like. Two strains of the new genotype (IV) and one of the Ed-like genotype were also detected in the UK in 1996. (+info)

Measles eradication: experience in the Americas. (6/1521)

In 1994, the Ministers of Health from the Region of the Americas targeted measles for eradication from the Western Hemisphere by the year 2000. To achieve this goal, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) developed an enhanced measles eradication strategy. First, a one-time-only "catch-up" measles vaccination campaign is conducted among children aged 9 months to 14 years. Efforts are then made to vaccinate through routine health services ("keep-up") at least 95% of each newborn cohort at 12 months of age. Finally, to assure high population immunity among preschool-aged children, indiscriminate "follow-up" measles vaccination campaigns are conducted approximately every 4 years. These vaccination activities are accompanied by improvements in measles surveillance, including the laboratory testing of suspected measles cases. The implementation of the PAHO strategy has resulted in a marked reduction in measles incidence in all countries of the Americas. Indeed, in 1996 the all-time regional record low of 2109 measles cases was reported. There was a relative resurgence of measles in 1997 with over 20,000 cases, due to a large measles outbreak among infants, preschool-aged children and young adults in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Contributing factors for this outbreak included: low routine infant vaccination coverage, failure to conduct a "follow-up" campaign, presence of susceptible young adults, and the importation of measles virus, apparently from Europe. PAHO's strategy has been effective in interrupting measles virus circulation. This experience demonstrates that global measles eradication is an achievable goal using currently available measles vaccines. (+info)

Candidate viral diseases for elimination or eradication. (7/1521)

This article discusses the possibilities for elimination or eradication of four viral diseases--measles, hepatitis B, rubella and yellow fever. (+info)

Bacterial pneumonia as a suprainfection in young adults with measles. (8/1521)

The aim of this study was to report the clinical and laboratory characteristics of bacterial pneumonia related to measles infection, and also to assess any correlation between severity and time of onset. Four hundred and twenty-four previously healthy young males (age 22+/-2.1 yrs) were hospitalized with typical symptoms and signs of measles. One hundred and twelve (26%) developed bacterial pneumonia on admission (n=41), during their hospital stay (n=20) or days after their discharge (n=51): groups A, B and C, respectively. Single lobar consolidation was the most common finding, accounting for 89% of cases. Pleural effusion was uncommon and associated in half of the cases with empyema. A microbiological diagnosis was made in 81 cases. Streptococcus pneumoniae (65 cases) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (9 cases) were the most commonly identified organisms. Patients from group C had significantly higher values of white blood cell count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and lower values of arterial oxygen tension (14+/-0.8 x 10(9) x L(-1), 88+/-4 mm and 6.3+/-0.4 kPa (47+/-3 mmHg), respectively) than the other two groups. There were no deaths during the hospitalization period. The mean duration of hospital stay was 13+/-2.4 days and was longer in the presence of K. pneumoniae infection (19+/-1.6 days). Six patients from group C were admitted to the intensive care unit. In conclusion, these data suggest that bacterial pneumonia associated with measles is not unusual in hospitalized adults, and it seems to be more severe when it occurs days after the onset of rash. (+info)

1965-1967: The Measles (Joe Walsh years)[edit]. The Measles, an Ohio garage bar band, were formed in 1965 by four Kent State ... The Measles "I Find I Think Of You", "And It's True", and "Maybe", all released under the name the Ohio Express (1967) ... including the Measles. The Measles recorded for Super K Productions' Ohio Express the songs "I Find I Think of You", "And It's ... Additionally, an instrumental version of "And It's True" was recorded by the Measles, re-titled "Maybe" and released as the B- ...

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Vaccination during the Smallpox Eradication and Measles Control Program in Niger, February 1969 ... The Book of Smallpox and Measles).[74] During the Middle Ages several smallpox outbreaks occurred in Europe. However, smallpox ... Louis XV of France succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV through a series of deaths of smallpox or measles among those ... provided one of the most definitive descriptions of smallpox and was the first to differentiate smallpox from measles and ...

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The introduction of smallpox, measles, and typhus to the areas of Central and South America by European explorers during the ... Childhood diseases include pertussis, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, measles and tetanus. Children also make up a large percentage ... such as with measles, malaria or HIV disease). Primary pathogens may also cause more severe disease in a host with depressed ...

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... (MC), sometimes called water warts, is a viral infection of the skin that results in small, raised, pink lesions with a dimple in the center.[1] They may occasionally be itchy or sore.[1] They may occur singularly or in groups.[1] Any area of the skin may be affected, with abdomen, legs, arms, neck, genital area, and face being most common.[1] Onset of the lesions is around 7 weeks after infection.[3] It usually goes away within a year without scarring.[1] MC is caused by a poxvirus called the molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV).[1] The virus is spread either by direct contact including sexual activity or via contaminated objects such as towels.[4] The condition can also be spread to other areas of the body by the person themselves.[4] Risk factors include a weak immune system, atopic dermatitis, and crowded living conditions.[2] Following one infection, it is possible to get reinfected.[9] Diagnosis is typically based on the appearance.[3] Prevention includes hand washing ...

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... , also known as varicella, is a highly contagious disease caused by the initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV).[3] The disease results in a characteristic skin rash that forms small, itchy blisters, which eventually scab over.[1] It usually starts on the chest, back, and face then spreads to the rest of the body.[1] Other symptoms may include fever, tiredness, and headaches.[1] Symptoms usually last five to seven days.[1] Complications may occasionally include pneumonia, inflammation of the brain, and bacterial skin infections.[6] The disease is often more severe in adults than in children.[7] Symptoms begin 10 to 21 days after exposure to the virus.[2] Chickenpox is an airborne disease which spreads easily through the coughs and sneezes of an infected person.[2] It may be spread from one to two days before the rash appears until all lesions have crusted over.[2] It may also spread through contact with the blisters.[2] Those with shingles may spread chickenpox to those who ...

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Measles possibly from Middle Dutch masel (blemish)[110]. Meerkat from South African Dutch meer + kat (lake + cat), perhaps an ...

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Measles vaccine coverage and reported measles cases in Eastern Mediterranean countries. As coverage increased, the number of ... Measles cases in the United States before and after mass vaccination against measles began. ... efforts to control and eliminate measles were unsuccessful until mass vaccination using the measles vaccine began in the 1960s. ... Leuridan, E; Sabbe, M; Van Damme, P (2012). "Measles outbreak in Europe: Susceptibility of infants too young to be immunized". ...

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Measles, American Osteopathic College of Dermatology, aocd.org. Accessed 2012-05-28. ...

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Following active infection, herpes viruses establish a latent infection in sensory and autonomic ganglia of the nervous system. The double-stranded DNA of the virus is incorporated into the cell physiology by infection of the nucleus of a nerve's cell body. HSV latency is static; no virus is produced; and is controlled by a number of viral genes, including latency-associated transcript.[70] Many HSV-infected people experience recurrence within the first year of infection.[14] Prodrome precedes development of lesions. Prodromal symptoms include tingling (paresthesia), itching, and pain where lumbosacral nerves innervate the skin. Prodrome may occur as long as several days or as short as a few hours before lesions develop. Beginning antiviral treatment when prodrome is experienced can reduce the appearance and duration of lesions in some individuals. During recurrence, fewer lesions are likely to develop and are less painful and heal faster (within 5-10 days without antiviral treatment) than those ...

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... is transmitted by direct contact with skin lesions caused by a herpes simplex virus.[1] This is the main reason why the condition is often found in wrestlers. It is believed that the virus may be transmitted through infected wrestlers' mats, but this is still subject of research since the virus cannot live long enough outside the body in order to be able to cause an infection. Direct contact with an infected person or infected secretions is undoubtedly the main way in which this virus may be transmitted. It is also believed that wearing abrasive clothing may increase the chances to get infected with this type of virus. Shirts made of polyester and cotton may cause frictions that lead to small breaks in the skin which makes it easier to contract the infection. Studies in which athletes were wearing 100% cotton shirts showed a decrease in the number of herpes gladiatorum cases.[10] The spread is facilitated when a sore is present but it can happen in its absence as well. The ...

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Symptoms include sudden fever with sore throat, headache, loss of appetite, and often neck pain. Within two days of onset an average of four or five (but sometimes up to twenty) 1 to 2 mm diameter grayish lumps form and develop into vesicles with red surrounds, and over 24 hours these become shallow ulcers, rarely larger than 5 mm diameter, that heal in one to seven days. These lesions most often appear on the tonsillar pillars (adjacent to the tonsils), but also on the soft palate, tonsils, uvula, or tongue.[5] A small number of lesions (usually 2 - 6) form in the back area of the mouth, particularly the soft palate or tonsillar pillars. The lesions progress initially from red macules to vesicles and lastly to ulcerations which can be 2 - 4 mm in size. ...

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Koplik spots (also Koplik's sign) are a prodromic viral enanthem of measles manifesting two to three days before the measles ... Koplik, Henry (1899). "the new diagnostic spots of measles on the buccal and labial mucous membranes". Med. News, (NY). 74: 673 ... Koplik, H. "The diagnosis of the invasion of measles from a study of the exanthema as it appears on the buccal mucous membrane" ... Koplik, H (1896). "The diagnosis of the invasion of measles from a study of the exanthema as it appears on the buccal mucous ...

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... infection occurs when the herpes simplex virus comes into contact with oral mucosal tissue or abraded skin of the mouth. Infection by the type 1 strain of herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) is most common; however, cases of oral infection by the type 2 strain are increasing.[11] Specifically, type 2 has been implicated as causing 10-15% of oral infections. Cold sores are the result of the virus reactivating in the body. Once HSV-1 has entered the body, it never leaves. The virus moves from the mouth to remain latent in the central nervous system. In approximately one-third of people, the virus can "wake up" or reactivate to cause disease. When reactivation occurs, the virus travels down the nerves to the skin where it may cause blisters (cold sores) around the lips, in the mouth or, in about 10% of cases, on the nose, chin, or cheeks. Cold sore outbreaks may be influenced by stress, menstruation, sunlight, sunburn, fever, dehydration, or local skin trauma. Surgical procedures such as ...

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"Measles". World Health Organization. Retrieved 8 March 2018.. *^ "Speculation SARS leaked from bio-weapon program". Melbourne: ... These missing symptoms resemble that of measles and mumps, which some, mostly Russian and Chinese, believe is a clear sign of ... whereas measles and mumps are paramyxoviruses.[6][7] The primary differences between a coronavirus and a parmyxovirus are in ... first publicized his claim that the SARS coronavirus is a synthesis of measles and mumps. According to Kolesnikov, this ...

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According to the National Cancer Institute, "The most common test detects DNA from several high-risk HPV types, but it cannot identify the type(s) that are present. Another test is specific for DNA from HPV types 16 and 18, the two types that cause most HPV-associated cancers. A third test can detect DNA from several high-risk HPV types and can indicate whether HPV-16 or HPV-18 is present. A fourth test detects RNA from the most common high-risk HPV types. These tests can detect HPV infections before cell abnormalities are evident. "Theoretically, the HPV DNA and RNA tests could be used to identify HPV infections in cells taken from any part of the body. However, the tests are approved by the FDA for only two indications: for follow-up testing of women who seem to have abnormal Pap test results and for cervical cancer screening in combination with a Pap test among women over age 30." [107] In April 2011, the Food and Drug Administration approved the cobas HPV Test, manufactured by Roche.[108] ...

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The rash is not itchy and may last 1 to 2 days.[3] In contrast, a child suffering from measles would usually appear sicker, ... Exanthema subitum,[1] roseola infantum,[1] sixth disease,[1] baby measles, rose rash of infants, three-day fever. ... such as meningitis or measles should be ruled out. In case of febrile seizures, medical advice can be sought for reassurance. ... Roseola and notes that the only condition that should seriously be considered in the differential diagnosis is German Measles ( ...

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Another product available over-the-counter that can aid in wart removal is silver nitrate in the form of a caustic pencil, which is also available at drug stores. In a placebo-controlled study of 70 patients, silver nitrate given over nine days resulted in clearance of all warts in 43% and improvement in warts in 26% one month after treatment compared to 11% and 14%, respectively, in the placebo group.[25] The instructions must be followed to minimize staining of skin and clothing. Occasionally pigmented scars may develop. Several randomized, controlled trials have found that zinc sulfate, consumed orally, often reduces or eliminates warts.[26][27][28] The zinc sulfate dosage used in medical trials for treatment of warts was between 5 and 10 mg/kg/day. For elemental zinc, a lower dosage of 2.5 mg/kg/day may be appropriate as large amounts of zinc may cause a copper deficiency.[26] Other trials have found that topical zinc sulfate solution[29] or zinc oxide[30] are also effective. A 2014 study ...

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Morbilliform: resembling measles. *Palmoplantar: on the palm of the hand or bottom of the foot ...

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Naim, Hussein Y. (2015-01-01). "Measles virus". Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 11 (1): 21-26. doi:10.4161/hv.34298. ISSN ... measles) is transmitted from an infected human host to a susceptible host as they are transmitted by respiration through ...

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However, the number of reported cases is declining since the introduction of the measles vaccine-eradication of the measles ... About 1 in 10,000 people infected by measles [1]. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare and chronic form of ... Fisher DL, Defres S, Solomon T (2015). "Measles-induced encephalitis". QJM. 108. doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcu113. PMID 24865261.. CS1 ... It has been estimated that about 1 in 10,000 people infected with measles will eventually develop SSPE.[1] However, a 2016 ...

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Measles, Mumps, and Rubella). FACT SHEET" (PDF). www.in.gov. Retrieved 2011-11-26. "How Accurate is TSH Testing?" ...

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Simon and the Measles. *Simon and the Flags. *Simon and the Chalk Drawing Sports Day ...

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Griffin DE, Pan CH (2009). Measles: old vaccines, new vaccines. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. 330. pp. 191-212 ... which include measles virus,[65] and respiratory syncytial virus[64] - and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.[66] In ...

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Eaton L. Measles cases in England and Wales rise sharply in 2008. BMJ. 2009;338:b533. doi:10.1136/bmj.b533. PMID 19208716. ... Choi YH, Gay N, Fraser G, Ramsay M. The potential for measles transmission in England. BMC Public Health. 2008;8:338. doi: ... "We did not prove an association between measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and the syndrome described,"[108] Wakefield ... Because diseases such as measles can cause severe disabilities and death, the risk of death or disability for an unvaccinated ...

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"Measles". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). April 24, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2019. CS1 maint: discouraged ... During the 2018-2019 measles outbreaks in some regions of the United States, the group's president, Stephanie Stock, opposed ... Harris-Taylor, Marlene (February 18, 2019). "Washington Measles Outbreak Has Some Questioning Ohio's Vaccine Opt-Out". WOSU ... restricting vaccination exemptions, insisting "the biggest percentage complication with measles is diarrhea". The disease ranks ...

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As a result of high vaccination rates in general, measles hasn't been widespread in the United States for more than a decade. (mayoclinic.org)
Acceptable presumptive evidence of immunity against measles includes at least one of the following: written documentation of adequate vaccination, laboratory evidence of immunity, laboratory confirmation of measles, or birth in the United States before 1957. (cdc.gov)
Vaccination is a safe and effective way to protect you from measles. (health.gov.au)
Numerous factors are in play, but according to the World Health Organization, the U.S. and some other developed nations have fallen far behind other countries in measles vaccination. (voanews.com)
Common measles in pregnant women can be a threat to the unborn child, and vaccination of women well before pregnancy is recommended (see also rubella , or German measles). (infoplease.com)
Measles epidemics still occur in regions where vaccination rates are low and health care is poor. (infoplease.com)
If you have been exposed to someone with measles, talk to your doctor or nurse right away to see if you need a vaccination. (mass.gov)
Remarkable progress in reducing the number of people dying from measles has been made through measles vaccination, with an estimated 164,000 deaths attributed to measles in 2008. (nih.gov)
This achievement attests to the enormous importance of measles vaccination to public health. (nih.gov)
Individuals with no medical history of measles and no history of vaccination against measles are susceptible populations. (springer.com)
Outbreaks were reported in 1993 in populations that refused measles vaccination. (news-medical.net)
Due to an aggressive measles vaccination program by the Pan American Health Organization, measles incidence is now very low in Latin America and the Caribbean. (news-medical.net)
This really closes the scientific inquiry into whether measles or MMR vaccination causes autism," Schaffner tells WebMD. (webmd.com)
Nationally, the United States has high measles vaccination coverage. (mercurynews.com)
A source familiar with the measles situation in the United States previously told CNN that of the 626 cases of measles that federal officials counted as of last week, 72% are unvaccinated, and 18% have an unknown vaccination status. (mercurynews.com)
Before the measles vaccination program was introduced in the United States in 1963, an estimated 3 million to 4 million people got the disease each year nationwide, according to the CDC. (mercurynews.com)
Autism and multiple sclerosis following measles vaccination: update on current knowledge]. (nih.gov)
Measles is one of the most highly contagious diseases, but is preventable through vaccination. (kingcounty.gov)
If you're unsure whether you're immune to measles, you should first try to find your vaccination records or documentation of measles immunity. (kingcounty.gov)
Across most of the Americas, the measles vaccination rate is now higher than 80 per cent. (newscientist.com)
It will give hope to a recently launched measles vaccination initiative in Africa - the last major stronghold of infection - where one child dies from the disease every minute. (newscientist.com)
The achievement also suggests that global measles eradication is possible, says a PAHO vaccination expert. (newscientist.com)
DALLAS (AP) - A Texas megachurch linked to at least 21 cases of measles has been trying to contain the outbreak by hosting vaccination clinics, officials said. (yahoo.com)
In Tarrant County, where the church is located, 11 of the 16 people with measles were not vaccinated while the others may have had at least one measles vaccination. (yahoo.com)
Review their vaccination history if they have not previously had measles. (longbeach.gov)
Although vaccination now will not prevent infection from this exposure, people who have not had measles or the measles vaccine should talk with a health care provider about receiving Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccination to prevent future infection. (longbeach.gov)
Before vaccination, epidemics of measles peaked in the spring every two to four years. (encyclopedia.com)
Of the 34 people for whom the California Department of Public Health had vaccination records, only five had received both doses of the measles vaccine, according to the department. (yahoo.com)
Before the U.S. vaccination program started in 1963, 400 to 500 people died from measles every year here. (slate.com)
Badra Essa was thrilled to learn that a measles vaccination campaign was coming to her village in remote Ethiopia. (redcross.org)
The American Red Cross, as part of the Measles & Rubella Initiative, supported a measles vaccination campaign in Benin. (redcross.org)
The decreases are due to comprehensive measles and mumps vaccination programs. (labtestsonline.org)
The success of the measles vaccination program led to the CDC declaring that measles was eliminated from the United States in 2000. (healthline.com)
A recent measles outbreak at a religious preschool in Vancouver with a vaccination rate of nearly zero points to a troubling trend. (huffingtonpost.com)
Large outbreaks in the past year are closely tied to pockets of unvaccinated individuals within insular religious communities, some of which have been critical of the measles vaccine , rather than to statewide vaccination rates . (huffingtonpost.com)
Cases of measles in Western countries plummeted as vaccination rates increased after the 1980s, when the jab became routine. (economist.com)
The significant decline in measles deaths in Africa was made possible by the firm commitment of national governments to fully implement the measles reduction strategy, which includes vaccinating all children against measles before their first birthday via routine health services and providing a second opportunity for measles vaccination through mass vaccination campaigns. (who.int)
Mass vaccination campaigns have had a major impact on reducing global measles deaths. (who.int)
In 2006, global routine measles vaccination coverage reached an estimated 80% for the first time, up from 72% in 2000. (who.int)
This means that all measles priority countries must continue conducting follow-up vaccination activities every two to four years until their routine immunization systems are capable of providing measles vaccination to all children. (who.int)
No one suspected measles, because, thanks to routine childhood vaccination, the disease was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. (wired.com)
He added: "The ministry of health serves to facilitate communities who are in need of the measles-rubella vaccination. (telegraph.co.uk)
Have workers received a vaccination for measles? (worksafebc.com)
Studies have consistently shown that mumps antibodies wane much quicker as compared to measles and rubella antibodies after MMR vaccination. (lewrockwell.com)
Vaccination has mostly wiped out the disease in the US, but an estimated 20 million people contract measles worldwide each year and 164,000 die. (popsci.com)
Q&As About Vaccination Options for Preventing Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (popsci.com)
In the United States, people tend to think of measles as a rare childhood illness, easily preventable through routine vaccination. (voanews.com)
The children were given measles vaccine at nine months of age,' Moss explains, 'and then asked to return either one or three months after vaccination for evaluation and for a blood test. (voanews.com)
Previous studies had suggested that measles vaccination might not be effective in HIV-infected children. (voanews.com)
Surprisingly, Moss found that within six months of vaccination, almost as many HIV-infected children developed protective levels of measles antibodies, as did those who were HIV-negative. (voanews.com)
They plan to start a new study in October, to examine the effects of measles vaccination in children who are receiving antiretroviral therapy. (voanews.com)
Ivanhoe is one of a growing number of adults who are worried that their immunity against measles might have lapsed, if they even received a vaccination. (medicinenet.com)
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has downplayed these concerns, saying that only adults in high-risk groups should talk with their doctor about a measles vaccination. (medicinenet.com)
The high-risk groups of adults who should discuss measles vaccination with their doctor include international travelers , health care workers, and folks living in communities that are in the throes of an outbreak, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said in a media briefing last week. (medicinenet.com)
That vaccine did not provide lasting immunity, and for decades the CDC has urged that generation of folks to undergo vaccination with the better live version of the measles vaccine. (medicinenet.com)
The US, which introduced a double vaccination program in 1989, and Australia, which phased in a booster shot for measles from 1994, have largely eradicated the disease. (smh.com.au)
Nichols said measles outbreaks currently fall into two patterns nationally: outbreaks among infants under the current 15-month vaccination age, and outbreaks among vaccinated school-age children who turned out to be still susceptible to the measles virus. (deseretnews.com)
Herd immunity for the measles is typically set at a 95 percent vaccination rate. (azcentral.com)
Measles is a vaccine -preventable disease, meaning that vaccination can prevent it. (medicinenet.com)
Before routine vaccination, there were approximately 3-4 million cases of measles and 500 deaths due to measles each year in the United States. (medicinenet.com)
A young girl receives a measles vaccination on Day 1 of the vaccination campaign. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
Routine measles vaccination for children, combined with mass immunization campaigns in countries with high infection rates and in response to outbreaks, are the linchpin of public health strategies to reduce measles deaths globally. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
Vaccination is the best protection against measles. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
MSF responds to the threat of measles epidemics by conducting mass vaccination campaigns for vulnerable children (about 80 percent of our measles vaccination activity) and providing routine vaccination as part of pediatric care, both in emergency settings and in areas where government immunization systems do not function. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
Although many Brazilian children are already vaccinated against the disease, the vaccination rate has dropped since Brazil was declared free of measles in 2016. (reuters.com)
Measles vaccination in Brazil fell to around 70 percent coverage in 2017, a ministry official said. (reuters.com)
Of the 34 California measles victims whose vaccination history could be ascertained, 28 had not received the measles shot. (time.com)
Vaccination resulted in an 80% decrease in deaths from measles between 2000 and 2017, with about 85% of children worldwide having received their first dose as of 2017. (wikipedia.org)
by 2014, global vaccination programs had reduced the number of deaths from measles to 73,000. (wikipedia.org)
Rates of Guillain-Barré syndrome, autism and inflammatory bowel disease do not appear to be increased by measles vaccination. (wikipedia.org)
The benefit of measles vaccination in preventing illness, disability, and death have been well documented. (wikipedia.org)
Within the first 20 years of being licensed in the U.S., measles vaccination prevented an estimated 52 million cases of the disease, 17,400 cases of intellectual disability, and 5,200 deaths. (wikipedia.org)
From 1999 to 2004 a strategy led by the WHO and UNICEF led to improvements in measles vaccination coverage that averted an estimated 1.4 million measles deaths worldwide. (wikipedia.org)
Although it was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000, high rates of vaccination and excellent communication with those who refuse vaccination are needed to prevent outbreaks and sustain the elimination of measles. (wikipedia.org)

Also called rubeola, measles can be serious and even fatal for small children. (mayoclinic.org)
Measles (rubeola) is an infectious disease caused by multiplication of a single-strand ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus of the genus Morbillivirus in the upper respiratory tract and conjunctiva. (cochrane.org)
measles or rubeola ro͞obē´ələ [ key ] , highly contagious disease of young children, caused by a filterable virus and spread by droplet spray from the nose, mouth, and throat of individuals in the infective stage. (infoplease.com)
Measles (also called rubeola) is a serious respiratory illness. (familydoctor.org)
Rubeola virus: measles and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. (medlineplus.gov)
More than 350 cases of rubeola or red measles have been reported in the area, and investigators say the majority of victims have been children immunized too early, or with ineffective vaccine. (washingtonpost.com)
The cases being reported are rubeola or red measles rather than rubella or German measles. (washingtonpost.com)
Measles , also called rubeola , contagious viral disease marked by fever , cough , conjunctivitis , and a characteristic rash. (britannica.com)
Measles, also called rubeola, is a viral infection that's one of the most contagious infectious diseases in the world. (livescience.com)
Measles, also known as rubeola, is an infection caused by a virus. (nationwidechildrens.org)
Measles (rubeola) and mumps are viruses that are members of the Paramyxoviridae family. (labtestsonline.org)
Measles is a very contagious infection, also known as Rubeola. (worksafebc.com)
The medical name for measles is rubeola, and it is sometimes called red measles to differentiate it from the much milder rubella, or German measles. (pbs.org)
Measles (Rubeola), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (popsci.com)
Measles is also known as "rubeola. (osha.gov)
Measles, also known as rubeola, is a respiratory disease characterized by a rash all over the body in addition to fever, runny nose, and cough. (medicinenet.com)
Rubeola is the scientific name used for measles. (medicinenet.com)
People often confuse rubeola with rubella ( German measles ). (medicinenet.com)
Measles, or rubeola, is a viral infection that starts in the respiratory system. (healthline.com)

The best protection against measles is the free measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. (health.govt.nz)
Measles vaccine is usually given in a shot called MMR, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella. (mass.gov)
This is because of unfounded fears that the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps, and rubella, can cause autism. (medlineplus.gov)
If you aren't sure if you're up to date with the recommended doses of measles, mumps , and rubella vaccine (MMR), see your health care provider and get a dose of MMR if needed. (webmd.com)
The CDC says 91.5% of US children aged 19 months to 35 months received at least one dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in 2017, the most recent year available. (mercurynews.com)
Parents who are planning a holiday in France and have not had their children vaccinated against measles should ensure their children have the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. (www.nhs.uk)
It is never too late to get the MMR vaccine for your child as it provides the best possible protection against measles, mumps and rubella. (www.nhs.uk)
The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine was licensed in 1971 to protect against all three diseases. (cnn.com)
Recent fears over the triple action measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine in the UK have to a drop in levels of measles protection. (newscientist.com)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that children get two doses of the combined vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, called the MMR. (yahoo.com)
MMR vaccine is a combined vaccine to protect children against measles , mumps , and rubella , which are dangerous and potentially deadly diseases. (encyclopedia.com)
The three-in-one MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps, and rubella. (encyclopedia.com)
Sefton PCT is urging parents to ensure children are vaccinated against measles as well as tetanus, polio, mumps and rubella. (redorbit.com)
While vaccines are available for each virus, combination vaccines, such as MMR that protects simultaneously against measles, mumps, and rubella , are frequently utilized. (labtestsonline.org)
If babies were given the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot during this period, the vaccine wouldn't do a good job of stimulating the immune system to fight the virus. (huffingtonpost.com)
Thanks to the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, measles outbreaks are infrequent in Canada. (worksafebc.com)
Mumps is part of the MMR-measles, mumps, and rubella-vaccine. (lewrockwell.com)
The map shows worldwide outbreaks of preventable diseases from 2008 to the present, including measles, mumps, and rubella. (popsci.com)
But what exactly are measles, mumps, and rubella? (popsci.com)
According to the CDC, the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is safe and highly effective. (osha.gov)
The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine can prevent measles. (osha.gov)
The state has also seen an extra 5,000 doses of measles, mumps and rubella vaccines administered this year compared with last year, said Cara Christ, chief medical officer at the ADHS. (azcentral.com)
A recent increase in cases of measles has prompted calls for parents to ensure their children are immunised with the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine before they return to school in the coming weeks. (netdoctor.co.uk)
Mr Blair attacked scaremongers for stoking fears of a link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and autism, insisting that Government advice that the triple vaccine was safer than single jabs was backed by health chiefs around the world. (telegraph.co.uk)

See 2019/20 measles outbreak for more information, including the latest travel advice. (health.govt.nz)
The year 2019 is notable for the dramatic return of measles to the United States, resulting from the decline of vaccine coverage. (bcm.edu)
Retrieved on September 21, 2019 from https://www.news-medical.net/health/Measles-Symptoms.aspx. (news-medical.net)
Nov. 12, 2020 -- Global measles deaths increased 50% from 2016 to 2019, and more than 200,000 people died last year alone from the preventable disease. (webmd.com)
The World Health Organization on Thursday released new statistics that show 869,770 cases of measles, one of the most contagious diseases known to science, around the world in 2019, the highest number since 1996. (webmd.com)
In the U.S., 1,282 measles cases were reported in 2019, almost four times as many as in 2018, according to the CDC. (webmd.com)
More than 760 cases of measles were reported in the U.S. between Jan. 1 and May 3, 2019, according to Dr. Deepa Mukundan, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at the University of Toledo Medical Center in Ohio. (livescience.com)
A person with measles is likely to infect between 5 and 18 unvaccinated people, according to a 2019 review published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases . (livescience.com)
According to the CDC, from January 1 to April 11, 2019 there have been 555 cases of measles across the US. (lewrockwell.com)
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- New York's ongoing measles epidemic alarmed midtown Manhattan resident Deb Ivanhoe, who couldn't remember whether she'd ever been vaccinated as a child. (medicinenet.com)
Hundreds of measles cases have been reported across the U.S. in 2019, including as part of outbreaks (defined as three or more cases) in California, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington. (osha.gov)
In 2019, 207,500 people, mostly children under five, died from measles-a 50 percent increase from 2016, and a tragedy for an easily preventable disease. (doctorswithoutborders.org)

Immunization by injection of live measles-virus vaccine, first marketed in 1963, has proven effective. (infoplease.com)
Measles is rare in the United States thanks to widespread immunization. (kidshealth.org)
Widespread immunization has made measles rare in the U.S. But outbreaks do still happen. (kidshealth.org)
Risk of acquiring measles is believed to be low, but Toronto Public Health suggests anyone on the March 6 flight check their immunization records. (thestar.com)
School and health officials in Virginia and Maryland have begun mass immunization programs in an attempt to stop a measles epidemic in the Washington metropolitan area. (washingtonpost.com)
In the latest outbreak, Howard County, Md., health officials notified 7,500 high school students yesterday that they face suspension by May 18 unless they can show proof of a valid measles immunization or agree to be immunized immediately. (washingtonpost.com)
Once one of the leading childhood diseases - with as many as 400,000 cases and 450 deaths a year - the incidence of measles has been curbed dramatically since the mid 1960s when vaccines were discovered and immunization programs begun. (washingtonpost.com)
Most states, including Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, now require measles immunization as a condition of school attendance. (washingtonpost.com)
More than 300 children were immunized at a special immunization program Wednesday night at Kenmore and Arlington health officials announced yesterday that the County health office at 1800 N. Edisen will open on Fridays between 3 and 4:30 p.m. for measles immunizations. (washingtonpost.com)
I do believe that parents' concerns about vaccines leads to undervaccination, and most of the cases that we're seeing are in unvaccinated communities," Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, said in February at a congressional hearing about measles outbreaks . (mercurynews.com)
It is worthwhile to be mindful of the syndrome known as atypical measles, which has been described in individuals who were infected with wild measles virus several years after immunization with a killed measles vaccine (a vaccine used in the United States from 1963-1967). (medscape.com)
He said the church has never advised against immunization against measles or seeking medical care. (yahoo.com)
Measles is an endemic disease in many undeveloped countries and in countries where measles immunization levels are low. (encyclopedia.com)
Last January, in fact, William Martin, Chicago`s then-director of immunization, received an award because there had been no reports of measles in the city for nearly two years. (chicagotribune.com)
The current recommendation is one measles immunization at 15 months of age. (deseretnews.com)
An alternative in large urban areas with low levels of immunization is a single dose of the measles-mumps rubella vaccine at 12 months, according to the report. (deseretnews.com)
Latest data for the current school year shows about two of every five kindergarten classes and one in six sixth-grade classes fall below the immunization rate to prevent spread of measles. (azcentral.com)
As the current measles outbreak in Alberta shows, eradicating a communicable disease requires an on-going commitment to very high levels of immunization in the population and, if individuals are not vaccinated, there is potential risk to themselves, their families and their communities. (newswire.ca)

Measles vaccines are given as a needle and are only available as a combination vaccine. (health.gov.au)
People under 20 years old, refugees and other humanitarian entrants of any age, can get measles vaccines for free under the NIP . (health.gov.au)
Talk to your doctor about possible side effects of measles vaccines, or if you or your child have possible side effects that worry you. (health.gov.au)
Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by measles virus and is one of the most devastating infectious diseases of man--measles was responsible for millions of deaths annually worldwide before the introduction of the measles vaccines. (nih.gov)
Baylor College of Medicine has taken a multidimensional approach to combat this emerging public health crisis, by providing up-to-date information about the safety of vaccines and making recommendations for measles vaccinations. (bcm.edu)
Less than two decades ago, measles was almost wiped out in the United States, thanks to vaccines. (livescience.com)
Measles vaccines and the potential for worldwide eradication of measles. (medscape.com)
Before widespread use of measles vaccines there was an average of half a million measles cases and hundreds of deaths each year in the United States. (kingcounty.gov)
The success of the programme is partly down to price cuts in measles vaccines, now down to about 10 cents per shot. (newscientist.com)
The MMR vaccine is a mix of three vaccines: attenuvax (measles), mumpsvax (mumps), and meruvax II (rubella). (encyclopedia.com)
Some babies are simply too young to get vaccines yet, for example, and they are at very high risk for infectious diseases like pertussis and measles. (slate.com)
In May, I traveled Mozambique , where I met mothers who had walked more than 15 miles to make sure their child received their measles vaccines. (care2.com)
Every hour, nearly 300 children around the world die of diseases - like measles - that could easily have been prevented with vaccines. (care2.com)
Through smart investments in life-saving vaccines, we can protect the next generation of children from measles. (care2.com)
The number of measles cases in the United States this year has reached 1,001, health officials said Wednesday, as they vowed to stop the spread of misinformation about vaccines. (japantimes.co.jp)
He and his colleagues have been studying the effectiveness of measles vaccines given to children in Lusaka, Zambia. (voanews.com)
One of the first measles vaccines used a killed version of virus, and was administered between 1963 and 1967. (medicinenet.com)
There were initially two types of vaccines developed against measles. (medicinenet.com)
Vaccines for measles were once required in order to send children to school, but now because of the debate over the safety of vaccines, fewer than 90% of children have the vaccine. (vibe.com)
As a result, Ethan said, measles frightened him far less than what Bigtree and others described as the toxic substances in vaccines. (washingtonpost.com)
The measles vaccine is effective at preventing the disease, is exceptionally safe, and is often delivered in combination with other vaccines. (wikipedia.org)
In the United States, reported cases of measles fell from 3 to 4 million with 400 to 500 deaths to tens of thousands per year following introduction of two measles vaccines in 1963 (both an inactivated and a live attenuated vaccine (Edmonston B strain) were licensed for use, see chart at right). (wikipedia.org)

Measles is a childhood infection caused by a virus. (mayoclinic.org)
You are at risk of measles infection if you have not been fully vaccinated or have not had measles in the past and you travel internationally to areas where measles is spreading. (cdc.gov)
Measles is a very contagious viral infection that causes a rash and fever. (health.gov.au)
14.  There are no current treatments that can shorten the course of German measles infection. (slideshare.net)
Measles is a very contagious respiratory infection. (kidshealth.org)
The first symptoms of a measles infection are usually a hacking cough, runny nose, high fever , and red eyes. (kidshealth.org)
A measles infection can last for several weeks. (kidshealth.org)
The patients with acute measles are the only source of its infection, who are infectious from the final 1-2 days of the incubation period to the day 5 after skin rash. (springer.com)
The patients with measles are the only source of its infection. (springer.com)
Measles infection takes around 10 days to manifest as apparent symptoms. (news-medical.net)
In most cases the measles infection passes without severe complications. (news-medical.net)
Although uncomplicated measles is seldom fatal, infection with the virus has been shown to induce a form of "immune amnesia," whereby measles virus eliminates as many as half of the antibodies generated against other infectious agents to which an individual was exposed previously. (britannica.com)
Thus, persons who survive measles infection may become vulnerable once again to a range of other diseases, such as chickenpox and polio . (britannica.com)
Complications of measles are frequent and include a superimposed bacterial ear infection or pneumonia or a primary measles lung infection. (britannica.com)
On very rare occasions, persistent infection with a mutant measles virus can cause a degenerative central nervous system disease called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), in which there is a gradual onset of progressive behavioral and intellectual deterioration. (britannica.com)
The effect of live, attenuated measles vaccine and measles infection on measles antibody levels in serum and CSF of patients with multiple sclerosis or clinically isolated syndrome. (nih.gov)
Measles is a serious, highly contagious viral infection of childhood. (healthy.net)
About one out of 10 children with measles also gets an ear infection, and up to one out of 20 gets pneumonia. (kingcounty.gov)
Immune globulin injections help prevent or reduce measles infection if given within six days of exposure. (encyclopedia.com)
Measles and mumps testing may involve the detection of antibodies in the blood that develop in response to infection. (labtestsonline.org)
Ear infection is another common complication of measles. (healthline.com)
About 1 in 14 people with measles will get an ear infection. (healthline.com)
The measles infection was discovered on autopsy. (lewrockwell.com)
Although measles itself isn't usually fatal, it is associated with complications that include pneumonia, encephalitis, and eye irritation or infection that can lead to blindness. (popsci.com)
The World Health Organization recommends that all children be vaccinated twice to protect them from measles infection. (voanews.com)
Provides information on measles that may aid in recognizing and assessing the risk of infection, particularly through exposure to infected individuals. (osha.gov)
Measles infection of the brain (encephalitis) can cause convulsions, mental retardation, and even death. (medicinenet.com)
While German measles is rarely fatal, it is dangerous in that infection of pregnant women causes birth defects and can cause miscarriage and fetal death. (medicinenet.com)
Measles is caused by infection with a virus from the paramyxovirus family. (healthline.com)
Additionally, some groups are at a higher risk of developing complications from measles infection, including young children, people with a weakened immune system, and pregnant women. (healthline.com)
Severe complications including pneumonia and encephalitis (brain infection) with death occur in 1 to 2 of every 1000 persons with measles. (mycentraljersey.com)
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a very rare, but fatal disease of the central nervous system that results from a measles infection acquired earlier in life. (mycentraljersey.com)
The world famous theme park is now battling a measles outbreak, as five employees and 59 people have contracted the highly contagious infection. (vibe.com)
Before the widespread use of the vaccine, measles was so common that infection was considered "as inevitable as death and taxes. (wikipedia.org)

In any suspected case of measles, investigations should include throat or nasopharyngeal swab (in viral transport medium) for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, urine for PCR testing, acute serology (immunoglobulins M [IgM] and G [IgG]) and convalescent serology (IgG done 7-10 d after the appearance of the rash). (cmaj.ca)
A mild case of measles requires symptomatic treatment only. (cmaj.ca)
The new report comes as officials in King County, WA, confirm a new case of measles in a child. (webmd.com)
The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed a case of measles in a Long Beach resident. (longbeach.gov)
If you child has a more severe case of measles (ex. (nationwidechildrens.org)
In overcrowded or closed settings such as refugee and displaced person camps or orphanages, a single confirmed case of measles is considered an outbreak since the disease spreads so easily and quickly. (doctorswithoutborders.org)

Measles signs and symptoms appear around 10 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. (mayoclinic.org)
You have no signs or symptoms of measles during this time. (mayoclinic.org)
If you think that you or a family member has symptoms of measles, it is important you ring your general practice or call Healthline on 0800 611 116 , for advice as soon as possible. (health.govt.nz)
Chinese herbal medicines are believed to be effective in alleviating symptoms and shortening the duration of measles, and are widely used as the main or adjunctive therapy to treat measles in China and other countries. (cochrane.org)
People with weakened immune systems who get measles (like people with cancer or HIV) should avoid being around other people until all their symptoms are gone. (kidshealth.org)
The first symptoms of measles, after an incubation period of 7 to 14 days, are fever, nasal discharge, and redness of the eyes. (infoplease.com)
What Are the Signs & Symptoms of Measles? (kidshealth.org)
These antibodies can either prevent measles or make symptoms less severe. (kidshealth.org)
Symptoms of measles usually begin 10 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. (medlineplus.gov)
Call your provider if you or your child has symptoms of measles. (medlineplus.gov)
Symptoms of the measles include fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a rash, and according to HealthLink BC, it can lead to encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain that may cause seizures, hearing loss and brain damage. (thestar.com)
According to the health ministry, the first and most common symptoms of measles include fever, conjunctivitis or sore eyes, and a runny nose. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
The measles rash appears two to four days after initial symptoms and lasts for up to eight days. (news-medical.net)
To test for measles, a doctor will examine the patient for telltale symptoms, such as spots inside of the mouth and the skin rash. (livescience.com)
Measles symptoms may include fever, cough, runny nose, watery eyes and a rash of red spots. (mercurynews.com)
Treatment for measles is primarily aimed at alleviating symptoms while the virus runs its course. (healthy.net)
People can spread measles before they show symptoms. (kingcounty.gov)
Over-the-counter medications such as Tylenol can help relieve the fever that accompanies measles, and other symptoms typically disappear within two to three weeks. (kingcounty.gov)
Symptoms of measles often begin with fever, runny nose, cough, and red eyes, followed by a rash that begins on the face then spreads all over the body. (longbeach.gov)
Often the infected person does not know that he or she has measles until symptoms appear. (nationwidechildrens.org)
Has symptoms that are common to measles. (nationwidechildrens.org)
Treatment is limited to combating the symptoms of measles because antiviral drugs as of 2004 are ineffective. (encyclopedia.com)
The measles virus is contagious long before symptoms appear, and it is airborne, according to the CDC. (yahoo.com)
When many people hear the word "measles," they often think of the initial flu-like symptoms followed by a rash three to five days later. (healthline.com)
Symptoms start on average six days after the appearance of the measles rash. (healthline.com)
People develop symptoms on average seven years after having measles, although this ranges from one month to 27 years. (healthline.com)
Infographic depicts measles symptoms, including the serious health problems the disease can cause, but parents have the power to protect their children with MMR vaccine. (tn.gov)
Measles first erupted in Illinois on Jan. 30, when a Bradley University student came down with the aching symptoms of what commonly is a childhood disease. (chicagotribune.com)
ARPHS advised that common symptoms of measles included a runny nose, cough, sore eyes and fever, followed by a raised red rash that starts on the face and moves to cover the rest of the body. (nzherald.co.nz)
Anyone displaying symptoms of measles should immediately telephone their doctor for advice, or Healthline on 0800 611 116. (nzherald.co.nz)
This page also highlights signs and symptoms of measles, disease progression, and diagnosis. (osha.gov)
Learn more about the symptoms of measles, how it spreads, and how it can be prevented. (healthline.com)
Symptoms of measles generally first appear within 10 to 12 days of exposure to the virus. (healthline.com)
Doctors can confirm measles by examining your skin rash and checking for symptoms that are characteristic of the disease, such as white spots in the mouth, fever, cough, and sore throat. (healthline.com)
The best way to stop the spread of measles is for people to be aware if they might have been exposed so they can keep an eye out for symptoms and isolate themselves immediately if they start to get sick. (scoop.co.nz)
Modified measles is characterized by a prolonged incubation period, milder, and less characteristic symptoms (sparse and discrete rash of short duration). (wikipedia.org)

Up to 30% of people with measles will develop complications - usually children under 5 and adults over the age of 20. (health.govt.nz)
3 Measles may lead to secondary infections such as otitis or pneumonia, or to serious complications including encephalitis (1:1000 cases) and death (1:3000 cases). (cmaj.ca)
A large percentage of cases of severe measles are associated with inadequate intake of vitamin A , and there is evidence that treatment with vitamin A may reduce measles complications. (britannica.com)
Mortality caused by measles declined steadily in the 20th century as the health of children and infants improved and effective treatment of complications became possible through the use of sulfonamide and antibiotic drugs. (britannica.com)
In the United States, one to three of every 1,000 infected persons will die from [measles] complications - which is better than in the Third World, where as many as two to 15 per 100 infected persons die from measles and its complications. (livescience.com)
The seriousness of measles lies in the potential for complications following the illness itself. (healthy.net)
One or two out of 1,000 die from measles complications. (kingcounty.gov)
Vitamin A cannot prevent or cure measles, but is used to prevent severe complications, including death in children with measles. (kingcounty.gov)
Complications can be brought on by measles. (encyclopedia.com)
Complications of measles include ear, brain and lung infections, which can lead to brain damage and death. (health.gov.au)
But there are also complications of measles that people need to be aware of. (healthline.com)
Measles can start out as a rash, but it can escalate very quickly to dangerous complications," said Swapna Reddy, JD, MPH , a health law and policy professor at Arizona State University, in Phoenix. (healthline.com)
Children younger than 5 years of age and adults older than 20 years of age are most at risk from measles complications , reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (healthline.com)
Having said that, if you get measles at any age, you can have complications such as measles pneumonia or measles encephalitis. (healthline.com)
Here's an overview of the most common and serious complications of measles. (healthline.com)
Estimates are that about 1 in every 5,000 children or adults who contract measles will die from complications of the disease. (chicagotribune.com)
Measles can cause serious complications, particularly during pregnancy. (osha.gov)
In some cases, measles can lead to severe complications, including fatal pneumonia. (osha.gov)
Measles complications include ear infections , pneumonia , and encephalitis . (medicinenet.com)
The complications of measles that result in most deaths include pneumonia and inflammation of the brain (encephalitis). (medicinenet.com)
Complications of ear infections and diarrhea can occur in 10 percent of people with measles. (mycentraljersey.com)
Most people recover within two to three weeks, but up to 30 percent of people infected with measles in low-resource settings die from one or more of these complications. (doctorswithoutborders.org)

The United States averaged about 60 cases of measles a year from 2000 to 2010, but the average number of cases jumped to 205 a year in recent years. (mayoclinic.org)
In 2000, a provisional total of 86 confirmed measles cases were reported to CDC by state and local health departments, representing a record low and a 14% decrease from the 100 cases reported in each of the previous 2 years ( 1 , 2 ). (cdc.gov)
This report describes the epidemiology of measles in the United States during 2000 and documents the continued absence of endemic measles and the continued risk for internationally imported measles cases that might result in indigenous transmission. (cdc.gov)
During 2000, a total of 20 states reported confirmed measles cases. (cdc.gov)
In 2000, 10 measles outbreaks (i.e., three or more confirmed cases) occurred in nine states accounting for 48 (56%) of the 86 cases. (cdc.gov)
Only six cases of measles were reported in Indiana from 1994-2000 (See Figure Meas1 for Measles Incidence 1994-2001). (in.gov)
State and local officials are taking strong steps in response to the largest U.S. measles outbreak since 2000. (pbs.org)
The global goal for measles control is reducing measles mortality by 90% in 2010 in comparison to 2000. (who.int)
The African Region has set a pre-elimination goal of reducing measles mortality by 98% in 2012 compared to 2000 estimates. (who.int)
As of 2000, measles had been eliminated in the United States. (medlineplus.gov)
It was in March 2000 that an expert panel of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluded that measles is no longer endemic in the United States. (news-medical.net)
Between 2000 and 2010, the global incidence of measles decreased by 66% and the mortality caused by the disease decreased 74%, according to a report published in the journal The Lancet . (livescience.com)
CNN) - Measles cases in the United States have surpassed the highest number on record since the disease was declared eliminated nationwide in 2000. (mercurynews.com)
By 2000, when there were only 86 cases, measles was declared eliminated from the United States, meaning there was no continuous transmission of the disease for more than 12 months. (mercurynews.com)
Since 2000, the annual number of reported measles cases has ranged from 37 people in 2004 to 667 in 2014. (mercurynews.com)
The number of cases reported through August 24 is 159 -- the second-highest number of cases since 2000, when measles was declared eliminated from the United States. (cnn.com)
The decline in measles-related deaths - from an estimated 733,000 deaths in 2000 to 164,000 in 2008 - accounts for nearly a quarter of the overall decrease in childhood mortality. (care2.com)
The United States recorded 60 new measles cases last week, taking confirmed cases for the year to 940, the worst outbreak since 1994 and since measles was declared eliminated in 2000, federal health officials said on Monday. (japantimes.co.jp)
Measles deaths in Africa fell by 91% between 2000 and 2006, from an estimated 396 000 to 36 000, reaching the United Nations 2010 goal to cut measles deaths by 90% four years early. (who.int)
From 2000 to 2006, an estimated 478 million children aged nine months to 14 years received measles vaccine through campaigns in 46 out of the 47 priority countries severely affected by the disease. (who.int)
Major challenges still need to be overcome to achieve the goal to cut global measles deaths by 90% in the period 2000-2010. (who.int)
The Measles Initiative, an alliance of many organizations including the Red Cross, the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization, and UNICEF, began an effort to cut the death toll of measles by half between 2000 and 2005. (pbs.org)
In 2000 there were an estimated 200,000 cases of measles and 88 deaths. (smh.com.au)
Measles was thought to have been eliminated in the United States in 2000, meaning the disease is not native to the U.S. (Nonetheless, 644 measles cases were reported in America in 2014. (time.com)

So Ivanhoe, 60, sought out her long-time primary care doctor, who performed an antibody test to see whether she had any protection against measles . (medicinenet.com)
DOCTOR'S ORDERS The vaccine known as MMR can give lifelong protection against measles. (timeforkids.com)

Vaccinations have been made mandatory this summer for campers and staff in several counties north of New York City that annually fill up with kids from the Orthodox Jewish communities that have been hit hardest by measles. (pbs.org)
Those whose measles vaccinations aren't up to date should be getting their shots six weeks before travelling because the disease continues to circulate in many parts of the world, said Dr. Theresa Tam. (thestar.com)
Through global vaccinations, smallpox was eradicated, polio is near elimination, and measles deaths have declined more than 90 percent. (bcm.edu)
Measles vaccinations come in two doses. (webmd.com)
The government has put together a program to tackle infectious diseases ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, including a plan to encourage those involved in the event to get measles and rubella vaccinations. (japantimes.co.jp)
Since childhood vaccinations against measles became routine in many parts of the world, measles deaths have fallen by more than 80 percent compared to the pre-vaccine era. (pbs.org)
But a new study suggests that repeated measles vaccinations may help. (voanews.com)
The Asahi Shimbun newspaper, citing unidentified experts, said a previous decline in the number of measles outbreaks may have lessened the efficacy of childhood vaccinations among the students, as exposure to the virus strengthens their effect. (smh.com.au)
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control are recommending two significant changes in the routine for measles vaccinations - an extra shot for many infants and new vaccinations for older vaccinated children should an outbreak hit their schools. (deseretnews.com)
ID Care President Dr. Ron Nahass, an infectious disease expert based in Hillsborough, put together some key questions and answers Central Jerseyans may have about measles and vaccinations. (mycentraljersey.com)
Editor's note: As a measles outbreak which started in California continues to spread around the country, we asked ID Care president Dr. Ron Nahass, an infectious disease expert based in Hillsborough, to put together some key questions and answers Central Jerseyans may have about measles and vaccinations. (mycentraljersey.com)
Vaccinations seem to be a victim of their own success - people look around and see no polio or measles and wonder why they should bother. (slashdot.org)

In 2006-7, there were 1,726 confirmed measles cases in England and Wales, more than in the previous 10 years put together. (redorbit.com)
PRIME Minister Tony Blair today defended the safety of the MMR vaccine as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 11. (telegraph.co.uk)

How can you prevent measles? (mass.gov)
IG may not prevent measles, but it does make the disease milder. (mass.gov)
Getting vaccinated is a very effective way to prevent measles. (medlineplus.gov)
To prevent measles, 2 doses of vaccine are recommended for children, and for adults at high risk of exposure, health care workers and school personnel. (cmaj.ca)
However, it was not until 1963 that researchers first developed a vaccine to prevent measles. (medicinenet.com)

Measles causes a red, blotchy rash that usually appears first on the face and behind the ears, then spreads downward to the chest and back and finally to the feet. (mayoclinic.org)
And when there aren't as many people with measles, it can slow how the disease spreads or even stop it in its tracks. (kidshealth.org)
Measles is a disease caused by a virus that spreads very easily from person to person. (mass.gov)
Measles spreads when people breathe in or have direct contact with virus-infected fluid. (kidshealth.org)
Measles virus spreads into the air along with droplets after the patients sneeze, cough, or speak. (springer.com)
Measles is caused by a virus and spreads very easily when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes. (kingcounty.gov)
It spreads so easily that someone who is not protected (either by being immunized or having had measles in the past) can get it if they walk into a room where someone with the disease has been in the past couple of hours. (kingcounty.gov)
Measles spreads so easily that anyone who is exposed to it and is not immune (for example, someone who has not been vaccinated) will probably get the disease. (kingcounty.gov)
The elimination declaration means measles no longer spreads year-round in the country, the CDC says. (cnn.com)
Measles spreads very easily by air and by direct contact with an infected person. (longbeach.gov)
Measles spreads when an infected person coughs or sneezes the virus into the air and someone inhales or touches it. (nationwidechildrens.org)
Measles spreads easily from person to person, including through the air and on contaminated surfaces. (osha.gov)
A virus causes measles , a potentially serious disease that spreads easily. (medicinenet.com)
Measles is an airborne disease which spreads easily from one person to the next through the coughs and sneezes of infected people. (wikipedia.org)

Approximately one child in every 1,000 who contracts measles will develop inflammation of the brain (encephalitis). (health.gov.au)
Acute encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, occurs in about 1 in 1,000 people with measles. (healthline.com)
A 43-year-old El Al Airlines flight attendant recently developed encephalitis after contracting measles. (healthline.com)
About 15 percent of people who develop measles encephalitis will die. (healthline.com)
Yet Tuesday, a 10-month-old Hispanic girl from the northwest suburbs died of encephalitis, a measles complication involving inflammation of the brain. (chicagotribune.com)

Children in child care and preschool need 1 dose of MMR and childcare workers also need to have 1 or 2 doses of measles containing vaccine, depending on their age and other factors. (mass.gov)
5 This includes people born after 1970 who have not received 2 doses of measles vaccine. (cmaj.ca)
Since the late 1980s, children are given two doses of measles vaccine: once between the ages of 12 to 15 months, and once again between the ages of 4 to 6 years. (mycentraljersey.com)

The history of measles underwent a sea change in 1963 with the advent of the measles vaccine. (news-medical.net)
Provides an overview of the history of measles. (osha.gov)
What is the history of measles? (medicinenet.com)

The country is dealing with an outbreak of measles, an anti-vaccine campaign and a scandal involving a nurse who claimed to have treated children but didn't. (thestar.com)
While an outbreak of measles isn't as troublesome as Ebola, an epidemic of measles is a high risk to children-as measles is life threatening for those under the age of 5. (vibe.com)
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil complained on Thursday that Venezuela was doing nothing to stop the spread of an outbreak of measles in Brazil and other neighboring countries that has been sparked by an exodus of Venezuelans fleeing economic collapse. (reuters.com)

With more than 1,000 measles cases since January, there is a real concern of an epidemic for a vaccine-preventable disease. (bcm.edu)
About one or two people out of every 1,000 people infected with the measles will die. (yahoo.com)

Measles typically begins with a mild to moderate fever, often accompanied by a persistent cough, runny nose, inflamed eyes (conjunctivitis) and sore throat. (mayoclinic.org)
Measles usually starts with a hacking cough, runny nose, red eyes, and a high fever. (kidshealth.org)
When people with measles sneeze or cough, droplets get sprayed into the air. (kidshealth.org)
People with measles are most contagious while they have a fever, runny nose, and cough. (kidshealth.org)
Most cases of measles cause some combination of cough, runny nose, red eyes, high fever and tiny white to bluish spots in the mouth, said Dr. Aileen M. Marty, a professor of infectious diseases at Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in Miami. (livescience.com)
Measles is a highly contagious and potentially severe disease that causes fever, rash, cough, and red, watery eyes. (longbeach.gov)
But then, I didn't get measles or whooping cough while I was there. (slate.com)
Measles is a highly contagious disease that can cause a rash, high fever, cough, runny nose and red watery eyes. (latimes.com)
Characterized by a widespread red rash, cough, sore and red-rimmed eyes, and fever, measles was first described by the 10th-century Persian physician al-Rhazes. (pbs.org)
Clinical diagnosis of measles requires a history of fever lasting at least three days, plus at least one of the "three Cs:" cough, catarrh (build-up of mucus in the nose or throat), conjunctivitis. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
Years ago, people were intimately familiar with the suffering caused by diseases such as polio, whooping cough and measles. (washingtonpost.com)

Measles often causes diarrhea, ear infections and pneumonia. (mass.gov)
Though not licensed in the United States for the treatment of measles, some pediatricians have used Ribavirin, an antiviral medication, to treat severe pneumonia caused by measles, Marty added. (livescience.com)
A separate outbreak, centered in Tucson, spread after an adult visitor from Switzerland in February was hospitalized for measles and pneumonia. (latimes.com)
About 1 in 16 people with measles will develop pneumonia, either viral or bacterial. (healthline.com)
Pneumonia is the most common cause of measles-related death in children. (healthline.com)

Measles is so contagious that if one person has it, 90% of the people close to that person who are not immune will also become infected. (cdc.gov)
People with weakened immune systems might be contagious until they completely recover from measles. (kidshealth.org)
Measles weaken the immune system. (google.com)
Measles is most dangerous for children under 5 years of age, adults over 20 years of age, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems. (mass.gov)
People with measles should be kept away from people who are not immune until they are well again. (mass.gov)
These four cases reinforce the need for international travelers to be immune to measles prior to leaving the United States. (in.gov)
Those with weak immune systems due to other conditions (like HIV and AIDS ) can spread the measles virus until they recover. (kidshealth.org)
Doctors can give an injection of measles antibodies (called immune globulin ) to at-risk people who are exposed to measles. (kidshealth.org)
Taking serum immune globulin within 6 days after being exposed to the virus can reduce the risk of developing measles or make the disease less severe. (medlineplus.gov)
The assumed pathogenesis of atypical measles is hypersensitivity to measles virus in a partially immune host. (medscape.com)
5. What should I do if I'm unsure whether I'm immune to measles? (kingcounty.gov)
There is no harm in getting another dose of MMR vaccine if you may already be immune to measles (or mumps or rubella). (kingcounty.gov)
Most people in the U.S. are now vaccinated against measles or are immune from having measles as a child, but outbreaks do happen. (kingcounty.gov)
It is so contagious, in fact, the CDC says 90% of people who are not immune and are close to someone with measles will also become infected. (cnn.com)
This means that babies are not immune, and can contract the measles from unvaccinated people. (cnn.com)
Is exposed to measles and has a weakened immune system due to illness or medicines he or she has taken. (nationwidechildrens.org)
It's not clear why some fully vaccinated people get measles , but it could be that their immune system did not respond properly to the vaccine, the CDC says. (huffingtonpost.com)
Primarily a childhood viral illness spread through airborne droplets from nasal secretions, measles ranks among the top four childhood killers worldwide, especially among young, malnourished children with undeveloped or compromised immune systems. (pbs.org)
Infants, elderly people, and those with compromised immune systems may become severely ill with measles and die. (pbs.org)
So, our immune system would fight the tumor-killing measles virus before it had a chance to kill the tumors. (scienceblogs.com)
They do not elaborate in this paper, but Im assuming that since these women were born before the anti-vax fad, they likely got the measles vaccine, but their immune system 'forgot' - because when researchers looked for anti-measles immunity in these two patients… there wasnt any. (scienceblogs.com)
People born in the United States earlier than 1957 are presumed to be immune to measles because the virus is so contagious everyone caught measles in those days. (medicinenet.com)
It's generally accepted that adults born during or before 1957 are naturally immune to measles. (healthline.com)
If you received a measles vaccine in the 1960s you may want to have a blood test to confirm you are immune. (mycentraljersey.com)
Measles is caused by a virus which is so contagious that 90 percent of non-immune people who live with an infected person will catch it. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
Alberta Health Services is requiring all health-care workers, regardless of date of birth, who are not already immune to measles to be vaccinated. (newswire.ca)

At the same time, the fever rises sharply, often as high as 104 to 105.8 F (40 to 41 C). The measles rash gradually recedes, fading first from the face and last from the thighs and feet. (mayoclinic.org)
Measles is an infectious disease that causes a high fever and a red rash on the skin, mostly occurring in childhood. (google.com)
A child with the measles may run a fever as high as 104°F (in some cases higher), so fever control is a principal concern. (healthy.net)
This syndrome tends to be more prolonged and severe than regular measles and is marked by a prolonged high fever, pneumonitis, and a rash that begins peripherally and may be urticarial, maculopapular, hemorrhagic, and/or vesicular. (medscape.com)
The incubation period for measles is about two weeks from exposure to fever. (yahoo.com)
the fever seen with measles is often as high as 40 °C (104 °F). Koplik's spots seen inside the mouth are diagnostic for measles, but are temporary and therefore rarely seen. (wikipedia.org)
The characteristic measles rash is classically described as a generalized red maculopapular rash that begins several days after the fever starts. (wikipedia.org)

Measles begins with slight temperature rise and a runny nose and eyes. (encyclopedia.com)

For the first 10 to 14 days after you're infected, the measles virus incubates. (mayoclinic.org)
A person with measles can spread the virus to others for about eight days, starting four days before the rash appears and ending when the rash has been present for four days. (mayoclinic.org)
Measles is a highly contagious illness caused by a virus that replicates in the nose and throat of an infected child or adult. (mayoclinic.org)
Measles virus was isolated from eight chains of transmission linked to an imported measles case (including three chains of one case). (cdc.gov)
Measles is a highly infectious airborne virus which affects both children and adults. (health.govt.nz)
If you think you have measles, it's important to call before visiting your doctor to avoid you spreading the virus in the waiting room. (health.govt.nz)
These droplets can carry the measles virus. (kidshealth.org)
The measles virus can live on surfaces for 2 hours. (kidshealth.org)
The measles virus has also been associated with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), which causes chronic brain disease in children and adolescents. (infoplease.com)
The virus that causes measles lives in the nose and throat and is sprayed into the air when an infected person sneezes, coughs or talks. (mass.gov)
Touching tissues or sharing a cup used by someone who has measles can also spread the virus. (mass.gov)
Recent measles outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and the USA show the ease with which measles virus can re-enter communities if high levels of population immunity are not sustained. (nih.gov)
Measles is a very contagious (easily spread) illness caused by a virus. (medlineplus.gov)
Cherry JD, Lugo D. Measles virus. (medlineplus.gov)
Imported-virus case: a case for which an epidemiologic link to an internationally imported case was not identified, but for which viral genetic evidence indicates an imported measles genotype, i.e., a genotype that is not occurring within the United States in a pattern indicative of endemic transmission. (cdc.gov)
An endemic genotype is the genotype of any measles virus that occurs in an endemic chain of transmission (i.e., lasting ≥12 months). (cdc.gov)
Endemic transmission is defined as a chain of measles virus transmission that is continuous for ≥12 months within the United States. (cdc.gov)
The measles virus is highly infectious and can spread rapidly. (cmaj.ca)
People aged 12 months or older who are susceptible to measles may be protected if vaccinated within 72 hours of exposure to the virus. (cmaj.ca)
Measles is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by measles virus. (springer.com)
Measles virus has been categorized into the genus of Morbillivirus and the family of Paramyxoviridae . (springer.com)
Measles virus is an enveloped sphere or threadlike structure with a diameter of 120-150 nm. (springer.com)
Measles virus can replicate itself in many primary or passage cells, such as human embryonic kidney cells (HEKC), human amniotic cells, Vero cells, and Hela cells. (springer.com)
Measles virus has stable antigenicity. (springer.com)
However, since the 1980s, slight mutations of measles virus antigen have been reported in many countries, which should attract focused attention. (springer.com)
Measles virus has weak resistance to external environment and is sensitive to heat, ultraviolet ray, and common disinfectants. (springer.com)
Measles virus is coldness and dryness tolerant and can survive for several days at room temperature. (springer.com)
In 1954 the virus that causes measles was isolated in Boston, Massachusetts, by John F. Enders and Thomas C. Peebles. (news-medical.net)
Measles is caused by a virus and is highly contagious. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
Measles virus can invade various organ systems and cause hepatitis , appendicitis , and gangrene of the extremities. (britannica.com)
The idea was that the measles virus from the live-virus measles vaccine lurks in the gut of some young children, causing bowel disease and making them more susceptible to environmental factors that might cause autism . (webmd.com)
A 2002 study purportedly found measles-vaccine virus in the intestines of kids with autism and bowel disease -- but not in developmentally normal kids. (webmd.com)
The new study, repeating tests in multiple laboratories and using state-of-the-art technology, found slight traces of measles-vaccine virus in only two kids. (webmd.com)
Measles is caused by Measles morbillivirus , a virus in the paramyxoviridae family. (livescience.com)
According to the CDC , the measles virus settles in the nose and throat mucus of an infected person. (livescience.com)
Indeed, the virus is incredibly contagious - 90% of people who are not vaccinated against measles will become infected if they share space with someone who has the virus. (livescience.com)
Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus that can spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes or if someone comes into direct contact or shares germs by touching the same objects or surfaces. (mercurynews.com)
In the 1950s, researchers isolated the measles virus in a patient's blood, and in the 1960s, they were able to transform that virus into a vaccine. (mercurynews.com)
Once a person is infected with the measles virus, it can incubate for nine to fourteen days before signs of illness develop. (healthy.net)
Bar-On S, Ochshorn Y, Halutz O, Aboudy Y, Many A. Detection of measles virus by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in a placenta. (medscape.com)
Schneider-Schaulies S, Schneider-Schaulies J. Measles virus-induced immunosuppression. (medscape.com)
The measles virus is spread through coughing and sneezing. (kingcounty.gov)
The measles virus normally grows in the cells lining the back of the throat and lungs, according to the CDC. (cnn.com)
If you've already had measles, you can't get it again, because your body has built up immunity to the virus, according to the Mayo Clinic. (cnn.com)
Measles is a highly contagious virus that can be spread through coughing and sneezing from an infectious person. (longbeach.gov)
Up to 90% of people who have never been vaccinated against or sick with the measles will become infected if they have contact with the virus. (longbeach.gov)
Measles is caused by a virus that grows in the nose, mouth, throat, and the eyes, and in their secretions. (encyclopedia.com)
The CDC is seeing more adult cases of measles than usual during this outbreak, Schuchat said, adding that children are getting the virus, too. (yahoo.com)
A measles virion (a single virus particle) seen via electron microscope. (slate.com)
About 3 percent of people who receive two doses of the measles vaccine will get measles if they come in contact with someone who has the virus, according to the CDC. (huffingtonpost.com)
If a pregnant woman has either been vaccinated against measles or had measles, she will pass antibodies against the virus on to her child through the placenta. (huffingtonpost.com)
Anyone with measles who breathes, coughs, sneezes, or talks releases virus into the air. (worksafebc.com)
At first, world health experts thought the disease could be eradicated by 1982, since measles affects only humans and there is no animal reservoir for the virus. (pbs.org)
With a genetically modified, vaccine strain measles virus. (scienceblogs.com)
Like, a protein that is over-expressed in cancer cells, but not normally found in healthy cells (I am not sure about the particular measles virus used in this particular study). (scienceblogs.com)
In this study, they had a measles vaccine strain virus, that had been 'addicted' to HeLa cells . (scienceblogs.com)
If you happen to be someone 50 years ago that got this killed measles vaccine, then you'd have to get re-vaccinated with the live virus vaccine," said Dr. Sandra Fryhofer, an internal medicine specialist in Atlanta. (medicinenet.com)
A team of epidemiologists, on a search for the elusive beginnings of the Chicago measles outbreak, has traced the highly contagious virus through the offices of Sears Tower, the guest list for a wedding and the schoolyards and neighborhoods across the city, yet they remain baffled as to how the disease originally spread. (chicagotribune.com)
Measles is not the same thing as rubella, a different, typically milder disease caused by the rubella virus. (osha.gov)
Workers may be exposed to measles whenever the virus is circulating in the community. (osha.gov)
Researchers developed one from a killed virus, and the other was developed using a live measles virus that was weakened (attenuated) and could no longer cause the disease. (medicinenet.com)
Unfortunately, the killed measles virus (KMV) vaccine was not effective in preventing people from getting the disease, and medical professionals discontinued its use in 1967. (medicinenet.com)
The measles virus infects the respiratory tract first. (healthline.com)
The measles virus can live outside of the body for longer than you may think. (healthline.com)
A susceptible person that's exposed to the measles virus has a 90 percent chance of becoming infected. (healthline.com)
A person that has measles can spread the virus to others before they even know that they have it. (healthline.com)
If they suspect you may have measles based on your history and observation, your doctor will order a blood test to check for the measles virus. (healthline.com)
Measles is a virus that that lives in the nose and throat mucus of an infected person. (mycentraljersey.com)
The measles virus can live for up to two hours in the air or on an infected surface. (mycentraljersey.com)
that can protect them from the measles virus. (timeforkids.com)
Measles is a virus that lives in the nose and throat. (timeforkids.com)
Disney officials haven't released an official link to where the measles came from, but it's suspected that either it came from a foreign visitor, or an American who left the country and came back with the virus. (vibe.com)
New research has emerged suggesting a possible link between the measles virus and a new form of bowel disease and autism. (telegraph.co.uk)
Testing for the measles virus in suspected cases is important for public health efforts. (wikipedia.org)
In that year, the Edmonston-B strain of measles virus was turned into a vaccine by John Enders and colleagues and licensed in the United States. (wikipedia.org)

In 2016 and then again in 2017, we were the first to sound the alarm about the risk of measles returning to Texas and the United States . (bcm.edu)

One can get the measles just by being in a room where a person with measles has been, even up to 2 hours after that person has left. (livescience.com)
If it finds a pocket of people who are unimmunized, and the majority of our cases are unimmunized so far, then if you are around a person with measles, you will get sick," Russell Jones, chief epidemiologist for Tarrant County Public Health, said Monday. (yahoo.com)
If a person with measles walks through a room with a hundred people who are not immunized, up to 90 of them will get the disease. (wired.com)

There are currently outbreaks of measles in New Zealand. (health.govt.nz)
This has led to recent outbreaks of measles in groups of people who are unvaccinated. (medlineplus.gov)
Outbreaks of measles have occurred in Europe, the United Kingdom and parts of Canada (i.e. (cmaj.ca)
Outbreaks of measles occur when measles gets into these communities of unvaccinated people," she said. (mercurynews.com)
California has reported two outbreaks of measles associated with traveling to international countries so far. (longbeach.gov)

In recent years, almost all cases of measles reported in the U.S. can be traced directly or indirectly to foreign travel or contact with foreign visitors. (in.gov)
Most of the cases of measles reported so far in 2015 are part of a large, ongoing outbreak linked to Disneyland in Anaheim, California, according to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). (huffingtonpost.com)
[iv] For comparison, in 2016-2017, there were 206 cases of measles reported to the CDC. (lewrockwell.com)
Of the 66 cases of measles reported in the U.S. in 2005, slightly over half were attributable to one unvaccinated teenager who became infected during a visit to Romania. (wikipedia.org)

Public skepticism rose sharply after a 1998 report in the medical journal Lancet linked the measles vaccine to autism. (latimes.com)

In another case involving the same orphanage, the mother returned to Indiana and her baby, age 10 months, developed a rash illness, which was serologically confirmed as measles. (in.gov)
A devastating but extremely rare progressive illness called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) may occur many years after the first episode of measles and is usually fatal. (news-medical.net)
A person from New York who was unknowingly contagious with the measles then visited Southeast Michigan, spreading the illness to at least 38 people there, according to Lynn Sutfin, public information officer for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. (mercurynews.com)
A child with the measles is considered contagious for at least seven days after the beginning of the illness. (healthy.net)
Because measles is a viral illness, antibiotic therapy is ineffective and therefore not appropriate. (healthy.net)
Measles is very contagious and can cause serious illness. (kingcounty.gov)
One complication of measles can occur years after the initial illness. (healthline.com)
Still, if a person is fully vaccinated, and they come down with measles, they are more likely to have a mild case of the illness. (huffingtonpost.com)
He believed measles was a natural stage of childhood rather than an infectious illness. (pbs.org)
Before the measles vaccine was invented, the illness typically broke out every two or three years, mainly affecting infants and young children, and both cases and related deaths were far more common. (popsci.com)
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has described Japan as a 'measles exporter', because it brings the illness into the US more frequently than any other country. (smh.com.au)
Rubella is the scientific name used of German measles, a different viral illness. (medicinenet.com)
Although it's often associated with childhood illness, adults can get measles too. (healthline.com)
Measles is a highly infectious and dangerous illness, and as there is increased close contact in schools it can spread easily,' she added. (netdoctor.co.uk)

With the success in the Americas and progress in three regions with an elimination goal, there is interest in exploring the feasibility of setting a global measles elimination goal. (who.int)
Ciro de Quadros, a consultant to the PAHO, says that if Latin America can demonstrate an absence of locally acquired cases for a sustained period of at least two years, a global measles eradication programme should be launched. (newscientist.com)
The spectacular gains achieved in Africa helped generate a strong decline in global measles deaths, which fell 68% worldwide - from an estimated 757 000 to 242 000 - during this period. (who.int)

The measles vaccine also can help protect unvaccinated people from getting sick after exposure to measles if they get it within 3 days. (kidshealth.org)
Alberta Health Services is warning the public about possible exposure to an individual with lab-confirmed measles at the Sturgeon Community Hospital emergency department on May 31, June 1 and June 3. (thestar.com)
Local cases of measles are often linked to travel or exposure to recent travelers. (kingcounty.gov)
If a worker or workers could be exposed to measles, the employer must develop and implement an exposure control plan (ECP). (worksafebc.com)
Christopher Columbus and his men carried both measles and smallpox to Native Americans, triggering widespread epidemics among populations with no previous exposure, and therefore no immunity, to the disease. (pbs.org)
The best way to prevent workers from getting measles on the job is to encourage workers at risk of exposure to get the MMR vaccine. (osha.gov)
Provides information about OSHA standards, letters of interpretation, directives (instructions for compliance officers), and other requirements that may apply in the event of possible worker exposure to measles. (osha.gov)
Provides links to additional resources and information for protecting workers from occupational exposure to measles. (osha.gov)
Most of the outbreaks occur because of exposure of unvaccinated persons to a patient with active measles. (mycentraljersey.com)
The vaccine may also protect against measles if given within a couple of days after exposure to measles. (wikipedia.org)

If you catch measles, you can infect others from five days before the rash appears until five days after the rash appears (counting the day of rash onset as day 1). (health.govt.nz)
People with measles are contagious (can spread the disease) from 4 days before the rash shows up until about 4 days after the rash appears . (kidshealth.org)
State regulations require anyone who catches measles to be isolated for 4 days after the rash appears. (mass.gov)
Children with measles should be kept away from others for 4 days after their rash appears. (kidshealth.org)
Measles can be spread from four days before a rash appears to four days afterward. (cnn.com)
Someone with measles can spread it up to 4 days after the rash appears. (nationwidechildrens.org)
Measles is typically most contagious several days before the rash appears. (osha.gov)

In recent years, the majority of new cases in the U.S. have occurred in occasional outbreaks ( epidemics ), primarily in people who have not been vaccinated, especially those who have traveled to areas of the world where measles or mumps are more prevalent. (labtestsonline.org)
Japan is the only developed country to still experience large measles epidemics. (smh.com.au)
There have been recent epidemics of measles in Europe and increasing outbreaks in the United States. (medicinenet.com)

There were approximately three to four million cases, and an average of 450 deaths due to measles annually in the United States. (news-medical.net)
The vast majority of deaths due to measles are happening outside the U.S.," said Reddy. (healthline.com)

Also important: The two patients in this study had no anti-measles antibodies. (scienceblogs.com)
Horovitz recommends his adult patients get a blood test that shows the level of antibodies they have against measles and other infectious diseases. (medicinenet.com)

While death rates have been falling worldwide as more children receive the measles vaccine, the disease still kills more than 100,000 people a year, most under the age of 5. (mayoclinic.org)
Children are dying because of measles, they are one of the primary killers of children in developing countries. (google.com)
The number of people in Africa that have measles is very high, mostly being children. (google.com)
Two thousand an estimated 600 African children died from measles each day. (google.com)
These challenges need to be met to ensure that future generations of children do not die of measles. (nih.gov)
Measles is the most common infectious disease in children, with strong infectivity. (springer.com)
Measles in history was considered to be a life event that almost all children went through. (news-medical.net)
It was between 1985 and 1988 that researchers found that many measles cases had occurred in children who had been vaccinated with the measles vaccine. (news-medical.net)
The booster dose significantly increased the protection and children who did not develop immunity at the first dose developed one against measles with the second dose. (news-medical.net)
During this time the number of measles cases for children under five years of age exceeded that of the group from 5 to 19 years old. (news-medical.net)
JAMAICAN HEALTH authorities yesterday issued an urgent appeal to parents to immediately have their children immunised for measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
In the District of Columbia - where more than 100,000 school children were immunized against measles in the early 1970s - there have been no reported cases. (washingtonpost.com)
Measles is most common in children but may appear in older persons who escaped it earlier in life. (britannica.com)
Now a painstaking, six-year study of children with bowel disease -- 25 with autism and 13 with normal development -- shows no link between getting the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine and either autism or bowel disease. (webmd.com)
Measles is incredibly contagious and young children are the most susceptible to the disease. (livescience.com)
Measles is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable death among children in the world. (kingcounty.gov)
Serious health problems from measles are more common among children younger than five and adults older than 20. (kingcounty.gov)
Severe measles cases among children, such as those who are hospitalized, should be treated with vitamin A. (kingcounty.gov)
However, this year is on track to be one of the worst for measles in more than a decade, and health officials say people who refuse to vaccinate their children are behind the increase. (cnn.com)
Before the measles vaccine was introduced, nearly all children got measles by the time they reached the age of 15. (cnn.com)
In February, a consortium of five leading global health organisations, including the World Health Organization and the PAHO, launched the Measles Initiative, which will initially focus on vaccinating 200 million children in Africa, with the aim of saving 1.2 million lives over five years. (newscientist.com)
But global eradication will also require a willingness of parents in developed countries to vaccinate their children against measles. (newscientist.com)
All of the school-age children with measles were homeschooled. (yahoo.com)
Children infected with measles should not attend school or childcare for at least five days after the start of the rash. (nationwidechildrens.org)
Because the risk of contracting measles in other countries is greater than in the United States , infants and children should be as well protected as possible before traveling. (encyclopedia.com)
With support coming from all corners of the world, the Measles Initiative has stopped outbreaks, improved treatment, and protected one billion children from one of the deadliest diseases. (care2.com)
Progress is fragile, and measles could come back with a vengeance if we don't continue to immunize children. (care2.com)
It's time to think about the next billion children and how we can protect them from not only measles, but the many other deadly - and vaccine-preventable - diseases. (care2.com)
Since 2001, the American Red Cross and our partners in the Measles & Rubella Initiative have vaccinated children in places such as Kenya, Benin and Ethiopia to protect them from these deadly diseases. (redcross.org)
Kenya Red Cross volunteers have been going door to door to let families know about the measles campaign that targeted 19 million children ages 9 months to 14 years. (redcross.org)
Children at the launch of the national measles campaign at the Yeshmnesh Academy in the Benishagul region of Ethiopia. (redcross.org)
Text PREVENT to 90999 to give $10 to the Red Cross and help us vaccinate children against measles. (redcross.org)
Every region in the world, except the Americas, is experiencing an increase in the number of cases of measles, a vaccine-preventable disease that can kill or disable children, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. (japantimes.co.jp)
Are children protected against measles in the years between their first and second MMR shot? (huffingtonpost.com)
But measles is still killing nearly 600 children under five every day, an unacceptable reality when we have a safe, effective, and inexpensive vaccine to prevent the disease. (who.int)
We commend our partners for coming together to protect children around the world from measles. (who.int)
Measles is back, health care workers are racing to contain it, and parents of vulnerable children are frantic. (wired.com)
The deadly threat of measles in the 260 million-strong developing nation was brought home in January when an estimated 100 children died in Indonesia's Papua province. (telegraph.co.uk)
What you may not know is that Stewart and his producers edited out part of the original CNN clip - the part where CNN reported that Skytt's children have, in fact, been vaccinated against measles. (gawker.com)
Measles can be dangerous, especially for babies and young children. (tn.gov)
As with measles and mumps, rubella is a contagious viral disease that is especially common in children. (popsci.com)
As we followed these children over time, the protective [measles] antibody levels in the HIV-infected children declined. (voanews.com)
In 2003, Zambia conducted a highly successful measles prevention campaign, vaccinating an estimated 97 percent of children between six months and 14 years of age. (voanews.com)
And unlike the rest of the state, in Chicago measles is primarily striking younger children. (chicagotribune.com)
In 1987, the last year for which complete data is available, nearly three-fourths of the 3,652 measles cases reported occurred in children who had been vaccinated but got measles anyway - thus posing a potential threat to other susceptible children like themselves. (deseretnews.com)
PETALING JAYA: Children not immunised against measles has led to a 340% leap in the number of in-fections within the first week of this month. (thestar.com.my)
Immunisation against measles are given to children when they are between nine and 12 months under the national immunisation programme. (thestar.com.my)
There were about 110,000 global deaths related to measles in 2017, most of them in children under the age of 5, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) . (healthline.com)
Measles remains a leading killer of young children in parts of the world, even though an effective, low-cost vaccine has been available for decades. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
Since 2006, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has vaccinated nearly 26 million children against measles. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
Malnourished children under five years of age are more likely to get severe measles. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
Since February, four people - three of them Venezuelan - have died of measles in the remote Brazilian border state of Roraima where health authorities have confirmed 281 cases of the disease, mostly among children. (reuters.com)
She had read "a lot of literature" and watched Bigtree's film, which accuses the government of covering up a purported link between the measles vaccine and autism - a tie repeatedly disproved by studies around the world involving hundreds of thousands of children. (washingtonpost.com)
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control recommend that children first receive the MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccine at the age of 12-15 months and then again between their fourth and sixth birthdays. (time.com)

Despite this, we have seen how diseases can cross borders, and so we have to ensure that we keep a close watch on the situation in the US and any other country where measles cases occur," Bullock-DuCasse said in a statement. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
Currently, about 74% of measles deaths globally occur in South Asia. (who.int)
Despite a great reduction in the number of cases and near eradication of the disease in the United States at the start of the 21st century, measles continues to occur domestically. (osha.gov)
Measles is only known to occur in humans and not in other animals. (healthline.com)
These occur in part due to measles-induced immunosuppression. (wikipedia.org)

Before the measles vaccine was introduced in 1963, there were up to 4 million reported cases and up to 500 deaths each year in the United States. (latimes.com)
In fact, death from measles declined by over 99%-from the early 20th Century- BEFORE the measles vaccine was introduced in 1963. (lewrockwell.com)
The measles vaccine was first introduced in 1963. (wikipedia.org)

For most kids, measles protection is part of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) or measles-mumps-rubella- varicella vaccine (MMRV) given when they're 12 to 15 months old and again when they're 4 to 6 years old. (kidshealth.org)
A n Indonesian pharmaceuticals company has said it is racing to produce a 'halal' form of the measles-rubella vaccine amid concerns that conservative Muslim parents might deny their children's inoculation on the grounds that it contains traces of pork. (telegraph.co.uk)
Infants under 15 months old, in areas where recurrent measles is a problem, should get two measles shots instead of one - a shot of measles vaccine alone at 9 months, and a second dose at 15 months as part of the commonly used measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. (deseretnews.com)

The absence of endemic measles in Canada can only be sustained if outbreaks are promptly contained. (cmaj.ca)
5 Before 1970, most people would have been exposed to endemic measles and developed adequate immunity. (cmaj.ca)
Despite the concerns, Bullock-DuCasse noted that Jamaica has been free of endemic or local transmission of measles since 1991 and said this is because of the country's expanded immunisation programme. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
Elimination of Endemic Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome From the Western Hemisphere: The US Experience. (medscape.com)

The CDC has noted that those outbreaks are linked to travelers who were infected and brought measles back from other countries, including Israel, Ukraine and the Philippines. (mercurynews.com)
1 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) believes these outbreaks are linked to travelers who brought measles back from other countries, such as Israel, Ukraine, and the Philippines where large outbreaks are occurring. (osha.gov)

MERSEYSIDE parents have been urged to help avoid a measles epidemic. (redorbit.com)
Measles has killed 2,758 people in Congo since January, more than the Ebola epidemic in a year, medical NGO Doctors Without Borders said, and called Saturday for a "massive mobilization of funds. (japantimes.co.jp)
The main stream media and the rest of the Powers-That-Be have been leading the charge that we have a measles epidemic this year. (lewrockwell.com)
A rampant measles epidemic has infected hundreds of Japanese students and frightened Tokyo universities and schools into sending more than 160,000 students home. (smh.com.au)

Measles is one of the world's most infectious diseases. (health.govt.nz)
At least 10 epidemiological studies have discredited theories linking the measles vaccine to autism, said Dr. Paul Offit, chief of infectious diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. (latimes.com)
The number of measles patients in Japan has been growing quickly since the beginning of this year, according to the latest data compiled by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases. (japantimes.co.jp)
In the original trials of the measles vaccine , the shot was 98 to 99 percent effective at protecting people against the disease, said Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. (huffingtonpost.com)

Call the doctor right away if you think that your child has measles. (kidshealth.org)
What should I do if I'm abroad and I think my child has measles? (www.nhs.uk)
Notify the school or daycare if your child has measles. (nationwidechildrens.org)

Prompt identification can help limit the spread of measles to others, particularly vulnerable groups within the community. (nzherald.co.nz)
Those classes, about two of every five in the state, fell below herd immunity this school year, meaning that too few students came fully immunized to prevent the spread of measles, according to Arizona Department of Health Services data released in late April. (azcentral.com)

However, this progress is threatened by failure to maintain high levels of measles vaccine coverage. (nih.gov)

If you haven't received the vaccine for measles, you're much more likely to develop the disease. (mayoclinic.org)
The vaccine for measles led to the near-complete elimination of the disease in the United States and other developed countries. (wikipedia.org)

The United States is on track to report its highest incidence of measles cases since 2001, exacerbated by a rise in outbreaks worldwide and by clusters of people who are opting out of the vaccine because of religious beliefs or fears of a purported link between the shot and autism, health officials said Thursday. (latimes.com)

There is no specific medical treatment for measles. (kidshealth.org)
There's no specific treatment for measles. (healthline.com)

Before Travel: Check that patients 6 months of age or older traveling internationally have presumptive evidence of immunity against measles before departure. (cdc.gov)
College students who do not have evidence of immunity against measles need two doses of the vaccine, separated by at least 28 days. (mycentraljersey.com)

The UK measles outbreak in south Wales reminds us how easily near-extinct infections can take hold in pockets of susceptibility (20 April, p 4) . (newscientist.com)
The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) is now reporting an unprecedented two-month absence of any locally transmitted measles infections. (newscientist.com)
The number of cases of measles and mumps infections has decreased from several hundred thousand a year in the U.S. to several hundred. (labtestsonline.org)
A National Emergency of Measles Infections? (lewrockwell.com)

Then, when someone with measles coughs, sneezes or talks, infected droplets spray into the air, where other people can inhale them. (mayoclinic.org)
Each year, an estimated 142,000 people die from measles. (cdc.gov)
They can spread measles to other people who are not protected against measles, which sometimes leads to outbreaks. (cdc.gov)
By getting vaccinated against measles, you can also help protect other people, especially people who are too sick or too young to be vaccinated. (health.gov.au)
After one dose of the MMR vaccine, about 95% of people are protected from measles. (health.govt.nz)
Measles can be life threatening: about 1 in 10 people with measles will need hospital treatment. (health.govt.nz)
When lots of people are vaccinated against measles, fewer people catch it. (kidshealth.org)
People who get measles just have to rest and wait until they feel better. (kidshealth.org)
The long healing time can affect your school and social life if you get measles: Because measles is so contagious, someone who has it needs to stay at home until a doctor says it's OK to be around other people again. (kidshealth.org)
People with measles can spread the disease 4 days before the rash begins until 4 days after rash onset. (mass.gov)
Because measles is more common in other parts of the world, people who travel to other countries should make sure that they are protected before traveling. (mass.gov)
In fact, 9 out of 10 people who aren't vaccinated for measles will get it if they are near an infected person. (kidshealth.org)
How Do People Get Measles? (kidshealth.org)
Measles outbreaks have been increasing worldwide, mostly due to people not being vaccinated. (kidshealth.org)
If one person has the measles, 90% of the people who come in contact with that person will get the measles, unless they have been vaccinated. (medlineplus.gov)
People who had measles or who have been vaccinated against measles are protected from the disease. (medlineplus.gov)
However, unvaccinated people who travel to other countries where measles is common have brought the disease back to the United States. (medlineplus.gov)
In Canada, 13% of people with measles require admission to hospital. (cmaj.ca)
As long as people travel, no community is safe from measles introductions," says Jeff Duchin, MD, health officer for Public Health, Seattle and King County. (webmd.com)
According to the Mayo Clinic, measles kills 100,000 people a year, most under the age of 5. (livescience.com)
Studies show that a single dose of a vaccine containing measles, such as MMR, protects against the disease in about 90% of people. (www.nhs.uk)
When more than 95 percent of people are vaccinated against measles, the disease slows down and doesn't spread. (kingcounty.gov)
Each year, on average, about 60 people in the United States are reported to have measles, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cnn.com)
Measles kills an estimated 164,000 people around the world yearly, and there are an estimated 20 million cases worldwide. (cnn.com)
He said if people are still choosing to not be immunized and they've been exposed to the measles, they are being asked to isolate themselves until it is clear they are not infected. (yahoo.com)
People are contagious from four days before getting the rash to four days before breaking out in a measles rash. (yahoo.com)
Most, but not all cases, have been linked to several dozen people who were exposed to the measles at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and were not vaccinated. (yahoo.com)
One infected person with the measles can spread it to an average of 18 other people, and it can linger in the air and live on surfaces to spread after an infected person has left a room. (yahoo.com)
Worldwide, measles kills more than 100,000 people every year . (slate.com)
Diarrhea is the most common measles complication, occurring in about 1 in 12 people with measles. (healthline.com)
In the United States, about 1 in 500 people who had measles from 1985 through 1992 died. (healthline.com)
The CDC estimates that 4 to 11 out of every 100,000 people who contracted measles in the United States from 1989 through 1991 were at risk of developing SSPE. (healthline.com)
The risk may be higher for people who get measles before 2 years of age. (healthline.com)
The U.S. measles outbreak now includes at least 102 infected people in 14 states. (huffingtonpost.com)
In 2014, there were more than 600 cases of measles in the U.S. The largest outbreak of the disease involved 383 of these cases, and occurred primarily among unvaccinated people living in Amish communities in Ohio. (huffingtonpost.com)
Yes, people who have been vaccinated can get the measles, but there is only a small chance of this happening. (huffingtonpost.com)
There's a big measles outbreak happening right now, thanks to anti-vaxxers like Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey and the people who listen to them. (gawker.com)
As with the measles, the mumps is mainly a childhood disease and generally affects people between the ages of five and nine. (popsci.com)
Measles killed more than 450,000 people in 2004, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. (voanews.com)
That includes people who were born before measles vaccine was recommended, and even folks who only got a single dose. (medicinenet.com)
Besides people at high risk due to their circumstances, there's only one group of adults that really should talk with their doctor about getting the measles shot, the CDC says. (medicinenet.com)
In Tokyo, Waseda University suspended almost all classes for more than a week and sent home 55,000 undergraduate and graduate students when 30 people were diagnosed with measles. (smh.com.au)
Sixty-four people have now been diagnosed with measles in Auckland's largest outbreak of the disease this year. (nzherald.co.nz)
Sixty-four people have now been diagnosed with measles in Auckland's largest outbreak of the disease this year and that number may rise, authorities say. (nzherald.co.nz)
The Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) has confirmed eight people are in quarantine, as well as anyone not immunised who has come into contact with measles at Titirangi Private Kindergarten, Avondale College, Whakaaranga School and Auckland Academy of Dance. (nzherald.co.nz)
ARPHS records show there may be two people who got measles despite having the correct number of immunisations for their age. (nzherald.co.nz)
ARPHS had traced more than 400 people who have come into contact with someone with measles during this outbreak. (nzherald.co.nz)
It is important to call first because measles was highly infectious and people with it could infect others in a waiting room, Dr Hoskins said. (nzherald.co.nz)
People have described cases of measles as early as the seventh century. (medicinenet.com)
If one person has measles, 90% of the people close by will become infected if they have not been immunized. (timeforkids.com)
Most people who survive measles or are vaccinated have lifelong immunity. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
Unvaccinated people who have had direct contact with measles cases should get advice from Healthline on 0800 611 116. (scoop.co.nz)
A spokesman for the California state health department has told Reuters that he believes "unvaccinated individuals have been the principal factor" in a mid-December measles outbreak at Disneyland that has infected more than 70 people in six western states and Mexico, including five Disney employees. (time.com)
Measles affects about 20 million people a year, primarily in the developing areas of Africa and Asia. (wikipedia.org)
People who have been vaccinated against measles but have incomplete protective immunity may experience a form of modified measles. (wikipedia.org)

If you're eligible, you can get the measles vaccine for free under the National Immunisation Program (NIP). (health.gov.au)
Where can you get the measles immunisation? (health.gov.au)
Your doctor can tell you which vaccine they will use for your measles immunisation. (health.gov.au)
Do I need to pay for measles immunisation? (health.gov.au)
What are the possible side effects of measles immunisation? (health.gov.au)
It's important to be up to date with measles immunisation, even if you're an adult. (health.govt.nz)
An aggressive programme of measles immunisation across the Americas seems to have paid off, only two years behind schedule. (newscientist.com)
Immunisation rates of up to 95% are required for the sustained control of vaccine preventable diseases, such as measles. (health.gov.au)

Measles is a highly infectious disease caused by the Morbillivirus. (health.gov.au)

Q: Is there anyone who should not be vaccinated with the measles vaccine? (mycentraljersey.com)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US reports that in the first 28 days of this year, 84 persons across 14 states contracted measles. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
The measles outbreak that began in California continues to swell, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adding 18 new cases to their official outbreak tally today. (yahoo.com)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just announced that measles cases in the United States in 2013 tripled over the annual average. (slate.com)
Learn more about our work with the Measles & Rubella Initiative and partner organizations, including the United Nations Foundation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF and World Health Organization. (redcross.org)
The progress was announced today by the founding partners of the Measles Initiative: the American Red Cross, UNICEF, the United Nations Foundation, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and WHO. (who.int)
Rubella (German Measles, Three-Day Measles) , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (popsci.com)

Anyone who is not protected against measles is at risk of getting it. (nationwidechildrens.org)

The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine protects against all 3 diseases. (cdc.gov)
Deafness, blindness, seizure disorders and other brain diseases with measles are less common. (mass.gov)
Because measles can look like other diseases that cause a rash, the only sure way to know if you have measles is to get a blood test. (mass.gov)
In 1980, measles was one of the most deadly childhood diseases. (care2.com)
Measles is one of the most contagious and severe childhood diseases. (redcross.org)
Measles is considered one of the most contagious diseases in existence. (wired.com)
Measles is highly contagious and is the most serious of the common childhood diseases. (chicagotribune.com)
Both rubella, also known as German measles, and roseola are different diseases caused by unrelated viruses. (wikipedia.org)

Measles is a highly contagious disease that can be life threatening. (health.govt.nz)
Faced with a global resurgence of measles, health experts called Tuesday for countries to step up the fight against vaccine resistance, warning the movement was spreading like a contagious disease. (japantimes.co.jp)
Measles can claim the dubious distinction of being the world's most contagious disease. (pbs.org)

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Role of schools in the transmission of measles in rural Senegal: implications for measles control in developing countries. (1/1521)

I(2/1521)

W(3/1521)

Seroepidemiological evaluation of 1989-91 mass vaccination campaigns against measles, in Italy. (4/1521)

Characterization of a new genotype of measles virus detected in China and England. (5/1521)

Measles eradication: experience in the Americas. (6/1521)

Candidate viral diseases for elimination or eradication. (7/1521)

Bacterial pneumonia as a suprainfection in young adults with measles. (8/1521)

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